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Papers, books, and miscellaneous junk were scattered around, yet with luck, the s on my bedroom door had me focused on the safe, bent over, on my knees The key unlocked it with ease There, exactly wheretarget practice years earlier

With the gun in hand, I opened the acco box of bullets and spilled them onto the floor in front ofsnicker had my clammy hands in a fit, unable to place the bullet in the revolver

"The fun’s over--here I co off the hinges

I ducked down, the bullets further scattering over the floor withready forhim to stay there, and hid two bullets in my other hand

"Leave! Now!" I yelled

His srin "Why would I do that? So you can call the police? Send me back to prison? No, I think I’ll stay"

He took a step toward un steady

"It was more than a coincidence that I saw you in the superrabbing a carton of cigarettes before skipping town, and who do I see? The girl I thought I was trying to help that night The girl I thought I was being a gentleue

"I never pressed charges" My palun in my hands, yet I never let the barrel sway fro, that’s all"

"Yes, I agree, it was Except your so-called boyfriend didn’t think so He did press charges, and he also paid off souards to make my life hell the past couple months!"

"I’m sorry," I practically sobbed "I didn’t know I haven’t thought about you since that night"

"Funny, considering I thought about you every Single Night I was there With every fist I took to the gut, elbow to the face, knee to the groin, I saw your face And now I’ to make it all worth it"

Kurt ran at me and I darted to the side and around the bed, focused on loading the gun, but he was fast, knocking un fell, and I rolled toto reach it

"Come on, it doesn’t have to be like this It doesn’t have to be painful," he drawled inflat over mine as I lay on an to strearabbed mine and buried them under my chest, then he pressed his palat ht shifted, and I heard the earth-shattering sound of his zipper

I kicked my feet, but it was useless He was on his knees, his elbo digging intohis pants down I needed toI couldn’t let this happen

He leaned forward overonly to be replaced by his forear my face into the carpet Tears and snot covered my cheeks, but the pressure rele my hands

It was the moment his palm slapped down over ed to rip ht of his entire body dropped ontothe gun He snarled, trying to reach it as his bare erection rubbed overscrea of him there, so close, andfro for the strength to le to shoot But on my stoht was suddenly gone