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I felt the relief creeping throughnot to be obvious He released me and scowled, "Go wash his hands off of you," hethe breakdown co the belladonna froainst the counter, slipping the teensy packet under the tissue box I took one of the tissues and pretended to blowmy purse in the opposite direction of the belladonna and started to pull clothes off My back and feet weren’t killing me, as I assumed they would be

When I stepped down,the heels, but being barefoot was nice

I struggled with the zipper on the halter and the clasps of the bra My fingers eak

I killed a man

My first kill; he was dead and I was alive I killed him to survive I was no better than Servario, or Coop, or my father

I dropped my clothes to the floor and stepped into the ridiculous shower The whole room was ostentatious, but the shoas like Extreme Home Makeover

Six showerheads lined the ith double-rain showerheads above and steam jets I turned it all on, as hot as I could take, and tried to let it wash off sos I let the amounts of body wash intothem over every inch ofonleft but false lashes, floating on the floor for the drains

Under the hot water and hiding in the steam, I let it out The tears mixed with the rain from above and my back slid down the tiled wall

I sluive

The problereatest pain you’ve ever been in, is it hits like a truck

I was curled in a ball and rocking back and forth when he stepped in with ainst hih, now are you?" he asked

I sniffed and sobbed and let him hold me, "I’ve never killed anyone before"

He kissed the top of ry with you for the way you played me, I would say it was the best hit, I have ever seen"

I didn’t take the pride he was trying to passand looked up at him

He set me down, "You okay?"

I frowned and wiped reenish under the light, set off by his tanned face He shook his head, "I don’t want to"

I sed my hate and nodded, "I sort of assuerous kind of woman in the world"

I snorted and shookmy breasts

His words turned to a whisper, "You erous effect to have, on a man like me"

I kept ain he had said the nicest thing ever spoken tobutthe water from me

I looked up into his eyes They had darkened like a storerous , that HE was one of the a-addicted

His ar me in He bent and kissed the top of my head, "I don’t want to have to kill you to o away, Evie"

His wordsshit

"Don’t make me love you," he muttered, "Because it will end badly for us both" He finished washing and left the shower

The tre houseas back instantly I held myself and tried to come up with a plan