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According to my dad, Laric hadn’t been welcoone as far as to practically wish hiain

Instead of being grateful for his service, they’d all but terrorized hih And when you terrorized soo that well

Hence hi practically the entire town he’d once lived in

Though, I suspected there aymy parents did, too

“You’re an extraordinary person” I closedfuzzy “Do you honestly think that an everyday Joe would all but carry me into a house and protect me with his own body? Someone that he doesn’t even know? No I can tell you now that they wouldn’t”

And with that, I promptly passed out from the pain

Thank God

• • •

When I next opened my eyes, it was to find the rooer packed with people, and

“Can’t find him anywhere”

My dad

“They’ve had ato find him”

My brother

I allowed er but my mom, my brother, and my dad

“She can’t go hoo toto surely look there first We need to find her a safe house”

I nearly rolled my eyes

I was not, under any circu to a safe house

I was not spending any ti this period, because I knew that ould happen They would dump me somewhere ‘safe’ and then I’d lose my mind while I recovered on my own

No way, no how

“No,” I told the here”

I was a social person I thrived in social situations Though, saying that, I thrived in social situations that I controlled

I neededwell for me