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“I need to save you I’ your life”

Oh, my God

Her sto to her mouth

“No,” she whispered as she finally looked up at who she’d thought was her savior “Please”

This couldn’t be happening

“I told you, Jazmine I kneould catch up to you one day The devil is inside of you This is proof You should have let me finish”

She lost it then, screaet away But as in the past, she was no th born of paranoid delusions She wrestled for long ed in coers burned and tingled as her wet clothing see every ish Unable to exert any additional escape effort, she sobbed as Paul drew her farther and farther across the parking lot

Maybe it was true Maybe she did have so inside of her

Gumby and Screw had rejected her

The diner was destroyed

Viper was…God, she couldn’t even think the word

And she was back in the clutches of the one side Viper

“That’s better,” Paul whispered in her ear as he pulled open a car door “Don’t fight it I’ll take care of you, Jazz Don’t worry I’ll get him out” He shoved her into the rear seat After he slammed the door and circled to the driver’s side She tried to open the latch with fuers As they slipped off the handle, she realized her hands were covered in slippery red blood

Hers? Viper’s?

Didn’t an to rub her hands on her wet jeans so hard, her skin was raw and freezing in seconds

One last time, she tried the door

Paul sat in the driver’s seat with a chuckle “Child lock, Jazz You’re not going anywhere I’d turn the heat on, but we both know the devil thrives on heat, so I’er Trust me, this will just make it easier to save you”

Trust hihed

“H-how did you find me?”

“God was on o Dad told hbor’s house instead”