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Fascinating Bird

~Mark~

The scared boy’s helpless whi breaches every single particle of my soul as he steps closer toward him His baritone voice resounds, full of sadistic thrill, and my stomach coils My heart races as hot tears stream down his hollow cheeks

“I told you, you’re going to die here” He throws a cold bucket of water over his battered body, burning with a fever The boy screahs

I wake, drenched in a cold sweat, barely catching lance around the roousting layer, and I want to shed off my skin

“It was just a dreas out from the bed and stumble into the shower

Nausea churns in s to me as I stand under the hot streaether as if recalling the sensation But as the hot water soaks s In the past

You are not there You are okay, I tell the boy I once was You are safe, I remind the man I am today As a kid, I’ve seen the depravity and evil side people hide fro when they know there are no consequences for what they indulge in

He survived it I survived it But the monster is still free And he still haunts me

No et, he’s able to drag me back into that hellhole he once kept round he walks on If only they knew

After the shower, I pull on pants and go to pound the sandbag in ym Sweat drips down my body and my muscles burn and protest as I push myself to the limits I don’t care, because eventually, ain control One day, I’ll put that monster in jail and abolish his corrupt e I just need to find enough proof to destroy him before he destroys me

I stu o into slumber mode I’m bone-deep tired, like I could sleep for centuries and it wouldn’t be enough, but I never can The past still haunts me Maybe that’s why I push my body to the limits This way I know he hasn’t defeated ive up on me

While I brew myself a cup of dynamite, I let music flood thesoar intoorange and pink hues lightening the sky The ringing doorbell jerkson the counter, I pull on the discarded t-shirt on the leather sofa and walk to greet my visitor

“Co, I knoho it is He never presses the bell more than once and waits until I answer

At the intercoins stands like a lasses

Because of his o He’s never failed to provide me with intel or maintain his professional attitude After I realized his potential, I ins the leader of my security team I trust this man with my life and the safety of my business

As if knowing I’ him, he lifts his silver head to the ca, Mark”