Shotgun Wedding
Her smile stretched wider, satisfied that she had cracked me open at least a little.
That was Rebecca, annoying, relentless, and strangely comforting. In a place where laughter was rare, she created her own. In a prison that tried to break me, she gave me reasons, small, irritating, precious reasons, not to give up.
When I had first arrived, my life was nothing but fists and insults, a punching bag for inmates who smelled weakness. Rebecca had stepped in, teaching me how to shield, how to strike back, how to make them think twice. She wasn’t just tough, she was fearless. Everyone whispered about her, and everyone kept their distance. I never asked why.
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