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“No!” I hollered, trying to yank back my arm

“Wyatt!” he screa down Remember whose mother that is! She needs you first!”

I broke out of his arms, nearly ready to beat his face in “I don’t need you to fucking lecture me! I knoho the fuck that is! I know! Which is why I need to fucking save her! Helen needs me to save her!”

“She needed you to…you couldn’t Now she needs you to save her Don’t fail her there”

“Fuck you,” I whispered, shakingFuck this fa away from him, I didn’t knohat to do

So, I did what I was used to…I ran

HELEN

I saw her, and I screamed

I screamed to heaven

I screamed to hell

“Mommy!”

EVELYN

How many times?

How many more?

God, how rieve, did I have to bury? Was this my punishment?