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My shiver turned to a clutching in ht in my throat
The next part of the dream was his belt as he wound it around h to render ht it cut into my flesh He pulledthem above my head, then pulled a knife fro in down underit downas he cut away every layer, then the tip of the blade, cool and sharp, around a nipple, along s…
“You don’t want to see me like this”
I ju dreaarh his short-cropped hair and turned away
Oh, how it broke my heart There was such sadness in his words
I set downall e, I reached out h I like you exactly as you are”
He took“You would not be the first to turn away”
“That thought never crossed my mind” I said, then added, “Were you a soldier? You can tell me how it happened if you’d like I’d like to know”
For a second, he said nothing He stared atThen, he shook his head “I can’t…”
“It’s all right,” I said, asha so personal from a man I barely knew
Randalas a hardness took his face, his eyes glazed hat looked, not like sadness, but rage
I stayed silent, and eventually he spoke
“When I was a child,” he said, “I lived in the house of a very cruel man I’ve never talked to anyone about it” He blew out a breath and I took his hand in mine
“What happened to him? To the man that did this…” I asked, a clench inback my own tears
He sniffed as his lips pulled back from his teeth, he snarled, “I killed him”
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