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desperately searching for the cheerful little girl she used to be.
“I can’t do this anymore,” she whispered to herself.
That was when Michael stepped forward.
“Emily.”
She jumped violently.
“Dad—”
He didn’t yell.
He didn’t have the strength.
Guilt wrapped around his throat like barbed wire.
“Why aren’t you at school?”
Her lips trembled.
“I went… but I left.”
“How continue reading …
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