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Doesn’t it stress you out? Having to babysit her so she doesn’t forget she has a daughter she needs to bring with her when she moves?”
“Yeah.” She tugged her sweater over her head. “But I’m used to it.”
I recognise the defensiveness in her tone. It was the same one I used to Elton whenever he’d put down my mom, even though I complained about her constantly. It was okay for me to be angry, but if anyone else commented, I’d defend her with my last breath. The complication of having a complicated
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― The Lost Girls: A Vampire Revenge Story
― The Lost Girls: A Vampire Revenge Story
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No, these individuals have had their fill. They depleted the resources of communication amongst themselves. It no longer offered excitation. They wanted a tryst, a midnight rendezvous, to be tongue-tied for an evening, not having to worry about puritanical appearances, acceptable behavior, placing place settings and feeding their children with cherubic faces. Trading paradisiacal palisades of their guarded community, the spiritless suburbia for subterranean devilry. These were philistines, not p
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― Conversational Therapy: Stories and Plays
― Conversational Therapy: Stories and Plays
