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Circuht me here, and I accept that wholeheartedly

Love … is what brought me here

I irl

For aeven when that same love ripped her away from me

For both … I’d willingly hang

Hanson

After

I park rass Another truck is approaching not far up ahead, so I step out of the vehicle and shut ht in front of uy steps out, but I can still make out a smile

“And?”

“It worked,” Brandon says as he whisks an envelope froht”

“They wouldn’t follow you from her sister’s place,” I say as he walks toward me

“I didn’t even see her She just left a key on her porch and sent et this” He holds it out to me

As I reach out to grasp the envelope, he ht in the eyes “I’ this for you because I’m your friend, but—”

“I know,” I say, nodding “I knohat she sacrificed”

“Good,” he says, licking his lips Then he releases the envelope and turns around

“Thanks,” I say as he walks back to his truck

All I get is a quick glance and a hand going up in the air before he clih to know our friendship is still alive, even after everything that happened recently

Besides, I have other things to worry about now There’s a whole world out there begging me to explore it

It’s what she would’ve wanted me to do

I bear the burden now to live a fulfilled and happy life because I owe it to her To the woe for her own imprisonment

Chapter One

Hanson

Present

I run through the thick fog, zigzagging through the woods, avoiding stumps and rocks as best as I can I trained for this all theseto lose

Nothing will stop oal … Freedom