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She ran her hand along the ragged edge of the heart, seeing a chain like this in herher face holds out the necklace "You put it with irl holds up thehalf of the necklace that says, 'ST NDS EVER' She drapes this over her neck and then the other half over Sairl says

This is ht Pryde took it from her the day he captured her Sa the other half That irl with the wild black hair hadn't been one of Pryde's victi piece to the necklace, and Samantha's life

With tears in her eyes, Samantha donned the necklace She left the rest of the jewelry in the safe, not wanting to desecrate the dead any further She closed the safe, the door ringing like a church bell, a funeral bell

Sa that brought back any memories By the tiain She staggered out of the room and searched for a place to throw up She finally knelt in a corner and spewed a strea in her stomach to throw up

For afrom the effort Then she wiped her mouth with the sleeve of the jacket She made her way unsteadily back over to the pile of clothes A sto into the pile

She closed her eyes She just needed some sleep Then she would feel better A little rest and then she could try to sneak back into the village to get soo back to the United States, where her fa for her

Samantha had picked the bed nearest theand the air conditioner Light trickles through cracks in the vertical blinds to fall onto the paisley motel bedspread When she peels the bedspread away, Samantha can't put her hands to her mouth in tiainst the white sheets on the bed, against the white heainst the white seat of her panties She sticks a hand between her legs, her fingers co else

"Ohfor a first aid kit or a Band-Aid or so before she passes out