Her Worst Nightmare
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'I stole a crucifix from my mum once,' I said, still looking up at the skies, as if I was looking at them for the first time.
'You stole it?'
'Yeah. I was walking past her bedroom and the door was open. I wasn't allowed in her room. It was
forbidden , you know? But the thing was, she had this little shell-covered trinket box on her bedside table and I'd always been fascinated by it. Stupid really, because it was just a bit of tat. A cheap old thing she'd got down in Brighton. Ugly too. I mean, really fucking ugly, this little square box covered in brown shells. But I really wanted to look inside it. I don't know why, but it felt like secrets. Secrets stored in this little magical box, in a
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