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You're right, he's a killer, you said. A rooster with some serious issues.

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Lucy Christopher
Age: 54
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Your beautiful mouth was moving like a caterpillar. I reached out and tried to catch it.
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But what else can I do, other than to plead with you like this? Other than to write down my story, our story, to show you that what you've done . . . to make you realize that what you did wasn't fair, wasn't right.
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I want you to see that the person I glimpsed running beside the camel, running to save my life, is the person you can choose to be.
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In a moment, when I'm ready, I will turn off this computer and that will be it. This letter will be finished. A part of me doesn't want to stop writing to you, but I need to. For both of us.
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And it's hard to hate someone once you understand them.
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The land wants you here. I want you here, you called. Don't you care about that at all?
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There is no need to put your heart in a bottle, then you will die. - Ty from Stolen
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Those blue, blue eyes, icy blue, looking back at me as if I could warm them up. They’re pretty powerful, you know, those eyes, pretty beautiful, too.
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It sounded weird to hear you talk so much normally you only said a few words at a time. I'd never imagined that you'd have a story, too. Until that moment, you were just the kidnapper. You didn't have reasons for anything. You were stupid and evil and mentally ill. That was all. When you started talking, you started changing.
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You smiled then, and your whole face changed with it. It kind of lit up, like there were sunbeams coming from inside you.
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Had you been lying all along? Mum gently stroked my hair. I whispered into her shoulder. “I can’t go back. Not yet. I can’t leave.” And she held my head tight to her chest and wrapped her arms around me. “You don’t have to,” she said, rocking me. “You don’t have to do anything you don’t want to do, not anymore.” And I cried.
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You won't be able to hurt me, or touch me.
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When the darkness gets easier, you know you're sinking deeper, becoming dead yourself.
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I love you, you said, simple as anything.
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I chased money, pretended to be someone else to get it. It got easier the longer I did it... but that's the trap, see? When the deadness gets easier, you know you're sinking deeper, becoming dead yourself.
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The deep blue of your eyes had secrets. I wanted them.
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