Saturday brings back a sense of
normality.
But then I realize,
Aoi has guests."Orsai's upstairs with her cousins."
She waves me off when I ask.
So I make my way up,
my insides bundling
into messy nerves
because what ifOrsai's cousins
are just like
her?I hear them in the bathroom,
so I try to walk in butsuddenly the door is being
s l a m m e d
in my face.
"Was that her?"
A foreign voice asks.
"Yeah, just ignore her.
She's no one."

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Savor The Moonlight - Book 1 | ✔
Short Story[completed] Harmony is empty. She doesn't speak out, nor does she do anything that could possibly spark her father and step mother's rage. Besides, isn't it better to stay quiet than to deal with the fall-out caused by expressing h...