DAHLIA’S POV“Come on, motherfuckers!”I hear my mother curse, her voice loud and unfamiliar. It is the first time I am seeing this side of her, and I don’t want to believe it even with what is unfolding right in front of my eyes, loud and terrifying and too real to be a dream.“Hey, grab the girl!”The voice slips into my ears before I turn, slow and confused, only to see the car door already open and a large hand reaching in, rough fingers undoing my seatbelt.“Mama!” I scream, thrashing against the seatbelt, my small body jerking as I try to dive toward my mother.Before I can even understand what is happening, my mother turns, and a bullet flies across my face, so close that I feel the wind of it brush my skin, hitting the man whose strong hands are gripping me. He grunts, thrown off instantly, his body jerking backward.I am too little to understand death, but I look at him. His eyes are wide open, frozen, staring at me from where he lies sprawled near a ditch, like he is still t
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