I’m annoyed when Lily doesn’t text me when she gets home. I don’t have a real reason to be, other than her not listening to me, so I try to rationalize what could’ve happened. She probably thought I was joking or putting on a show for the crowd, which technically is true. Or maybe something bad happened to her. That same oily voice comes back, although this time it’s concerned about Lily’s safety, not my own. Fuck. No. This is your OCD talking. Lily is fine. I screw my eyes shut and push the image of her being crushed to death inside Dahlia’s car out of my mind, but once it pops up, I can’t
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