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<Just so you know, there will be a LITTLE CURSING in this chapter. only where it seemed like it was totally necessary of course. I don't like cursing, and I think you should be given a warning, that's all.>
Erin POV
I had to keep calm. I had to keep from breaking down and crying. It was finally my 16th birthday. I had officially been all alone for nine years. A memory flashed through my head.
**** "Erin, sweetie, you have to be strong. Be strong for me. Don't be weak. Don't be weak like I am." My mother took a big knife out of a drawer. "Erin, please remember that I will always love you. No matter how far away I am, I WILL love you." And with that, she slit her own throat. ****
"What are you thinking about?" Alex's voice brought me back to the present. "If you must know, I was thinking about when my mother slit her own throat in front of me when I was seven years old!
Now do you see why I have such a hard look in my eyes? And I am such a traumatized teenager? I had to live with that memory for NINE FUCKING YEARS!!! I WAS SEVEN YEARS OLD!!!" Oh great, now I was crying. "Why were you thinking about that?" "BECAUSE SHE DID IT ON MY BIRTHDAY!!! TODAY, IS MY BIRTHDAY!!" "Oh. Sorry. I didn't know."
