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s me more than

her tears. Crying o

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the punishmen

se Clara distracted her, Vivian hit her

a slapped her hard enough to l

er walking a long distance because she didn't have tran

and terrified, praying her father would

lways wa

our father, and yo

elieve

but because Vivian never allowed her to socialize. After sch

ng table with them. She ate leftovers in t

her the ones she was about to throw away. V

hdrawn behavior, the fatigue,

rced a polite smile every time

she was

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eep inside, he really

finances and controlled everything. Whenever Ruby gathered courage to speak, Vivian

, Anderson

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vian, standing at

okay,

belie

she feared the conseq

thing, Ruby held o

t life cou

day someone wi

he will escap

amed of

med of h

her once gave, the kind she believed

rushed her ha

lieved she was doome

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who unplugged her phone from cha

s, the sun was already rising s

whispered, jump

uxury of waking up la

fit for school. By the time she finally made it out of the house, she was breathles

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ed past her; cars honked impatiently. Ruby clutched her to

n and stepped forward

oo

tires screeching against the asphalt. Ruby ju

a man shouted fro

pped on loose gravel and stu

opped inch

eath c

nt, the worl

r door

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