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“But hurting your kids would hurt you”

I growl, losing round beneath me “My kids are untouchable, even to you They can’t be hurt They are more protected

than anyone on this planet You may be a monster, but you won’t hurt them”

“How do you knoon’t?” She wheezes as I crush her beneath the weight of my body

“I see through you You’re not the devil you claim to be”

Then I stand up and walk back to the car

“What am I supposed to do?” Liesel shouts at et in the driver’s seat

“Stay alive until I get back”

“What if I want to run?”

“You don’t But run if you must, I’ll enjoy the chase”

Then I sla that Liesel won’t run She’ll be here when I get back She’s tired of running, just like I’ for a different, less painful life

“Daddy!” Rose says as I enter her hospital room

Everything else inin a hospital bed thatup ather favorite Disney character, instead of just her father co to tuck her in

I walk into the roo next to her She looks over at me with a worried expression on her face She stands up and toucheswith that touch Then she walks out of the roo us some privacy

I sit down on the edge of Rose’s bed, and then I tuck her blonde curls thather arm