Moment 9

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Pacing up and down the hall Betty's mind was racing. What have they just done? Her hands shook as she bit her nails and her back was hunched. All of a sudden she stopped and stared at her smiling friend, walking into the room and placing herself onto the armchair.
"How can you be so calm?" Betty asked, voice cracking.
"Seriously? You're asking me that?"
"It's a genuine question! We just killed someone! We're murderers! We're gonna go to jail and I'll never have a good job or a proper life or-" Hanna smiled at her innocent friend.
"Seven billion people in the world and you're overacting because we killed one person!"
"But-"
"Seven billion people! Now quite complaining and drink your smoothie!" Hanna insisted, slurping her smoothie with enthusiasm.

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