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I should’ve known she wouldn’t let it lie, though

Things were fine for teeks, peaceful even And then the peace broke in the blink of an eye

If urandparents, maybe I would’ve seen he

r coet so comfortable on caet ju to my dorm

I was rounding the corner of Ha hit htsideways as pain exploded through my head

Rough hands grabbed ht of Sable and Veronica, two of Adena’sher textbook at ain

It caught my other cheek, harder than her fists would’ve been, and stars danced into stay on my feet

The hands shoved at ht and I fell to the ground A flurry of feet and fists rained down onas I kicked out as hard as I could I caught soave a pained yelp, but a second later, a foot connected withme curl up into a ball

More fists

More feet

I was disoriented, still in shock as I tried to protect , couldn’t process the sudden shift in my situation

A o, I’d been fine

Noas under attack

Me panic flare in my chest As the blows rained down, all the time that’d passed since my dad had died vanished, and I was back in our tiny little kitchen, curled up in a ball to protect arette breath, his slurred insults

“That’s good enough Leave her Let’s go, let’s go!”