Wild Enough To Heal
I stare at the screen for a second and turn off the phone, putting it face down on the table.
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I watch it that night, alone, with the door locked and only the desk lamp on.
Miranda is sitting on what looks like the edge of a bed, hands folded so tight her knuckles have gone pale, like she's holding herself together by pressure alone.
"My name is Miranda. I'm doing this because I can't carry it by myself anymore."
She says they met at a bar. That he bought her a drink, that he'd clearly had several before that. That he asked her out and she said no, and he laughed it off, told her to get home safe.