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I'm so tired. I don't know if I can ever outrun how I used to be.

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Marie Lu
Age: 40
Born: 1984
Born: July 11
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Science Fiction Writer
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Tired
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Brave thoughts, but am I ready to follow through on them?
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So, when I thought June might take you away, I didn’t know what to do. I felt like she was taking everything that mattered to me. I felt like she was taking away from you all the things that I didn’t have. That’s why I’m sorry. I’m sorry because you shouldn’t have to be everything to me. I had you, but I’d forgotten that I had myself too.
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I want to run. To do what I always do, have always done, for the last five years of my life. Escape, flee into the shadows. But this time, I stand my ground. I'm tired of running.
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Then I realize from the hollow sound of her gun's click that her gun isn't loaded. Apparently she just wants to slap me around with it.
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