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"You’re not getting anywhere near my sister, you sick fuck," Ellie hisses

He lashes out to backhand her, but Ellie lifts her forearo

That’sher neck up to look at him "Call her!"

"No!" Ellie shouts, even as a tear leaks fro shoulders, I swear to God

But then suddenly he gets real calhtful He releases Ellie’s hair, raises his ar to blow his brains out all over that wall I don’t need hiled whimper comes from Ellie’s throat, and then "

"Logan" Ellie whispers And it’s tortured Because she can’t call

We both know it

"Listen to ht, love"

She shakes her head, sobbing "What do I do?"

I look into her perfect blue eyes and in th "You knohat I want you to do"

Andevery curve and angle

"I love you, Ellie," I choke out "I should’ve told you sooner and more, but I do These last weeks have been the best of my life More than I ever dreairl, for loving so well"

Her pretty face cruan Please don’t leave ht Everything ork out, I swear, Ellie I promise you"

And I believe that, truly Because there has to be a God--a woirl was n And if there is a God, he’ll take care of her, protect her

I hate that it won’t be me I want to be the et to have that honor, when this ends, however it doesshe’ll come out the other side unscathed

I believe that with all ed to her

She reaches for an"

"Close your eyes now Close your eyes, Ellie, and know that I love you"

She doesn’t close her eyes Ellie falls to the ground, sobbing

Then aherself ather ar me

"Ellie, stop!" My blood curdles with the horror that he could shoot her

But he doesn’t shoot And she doesn’t stop

Not until she presses the cold, steely weight of the knife I strapped to her leg years ago into my hand, behind the chair--where the fucker can’t see When she looks into hter and focused; she’s cal at the gun that’s pointed at her head

"I’ll call I’ll call my sister now"

"Get up!" The soon-to-be-dead bastard yanks Ellie off me and tosses her towards the desk Shethe receiver, giving me time to cut the plastic ties around un, just a bit to his side, so it’s not trained on Ellie directly And then I rab hi my eardrums, then another

Then, with the fir neck--it’s over The man drops in a dead heap at Ellie’s feet