The Life The Beginning
I'd stopped fighting things like that ever since they got rid of grandma and the aunts; there was no point.
No, I cut my thoughts off. I'm not going to let them intrude here. I expect things to go back to normal when we get back home, but for now, I'm going to enjoy this to the fullest. I stepped into the dress and looked into the full-length mirror, feeling for just that moment in time; reborn.
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GABRIEL
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"Yo, what're you doing standing around out here?"
"I'm waiting for the girls." Actually, I've been trying to move from this spot for the last ten minutes, but my legs won't work. "What about you? Why're you over here?"