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The words cut through me like a blade and I stood there, hollow. I stepped away, my vision blurring against the hot burn of tears, but his laughter stuck behind me like a shadow.
"Enjoy your stay, then," Marcus replied, standing, brushing off pretend dust from his arm, "Ten years is a long way. if you make it through it." He leaned forward enough that I could feel the coolness of his breath against my ear. "But for me? Don't count on it."
He stood up straight, evened out his collar, and, one final venomous smile twisting his lips, strolled away from me into the clean quiet.
I turned over onto my back, staring up at the ceiling, my body battered and battered, but hurting the most was that I
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