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day 9

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i woke up that morning to the bright sun shining through the library windows.

i actually fell asleep in the library. in remus' arms. and today we were going to expose mr gordon.

life honestly couldn't get any better.

"remus, wake up" i whispered, stroking his soft hair.

"mhm?" he said, and i giggled at how tired he sounded.

"come on you two!" shouted janet, "get up! we have to get to the police station"

the three of us headed straight down to the police station, where i was interviewed and was told to answer every question honestly. so that was what i did.

i had no evidence, which was what i was originally worried about, but eventually someone got into mr gordon's home and found pictures of other young girls whom he had taken advantage of and the case was closed.

mr gordon was arrested.

and i was finally free.

after i explained to my parents why i had found it so hard to tell them about what had happened, i headed back to the library with remus and janet again.

"will you be okay now?" asked janet.

"it will take time" i replied. "i don't think i'll ever fully get over it because the memories will always be there, but i can put it behind me now and try my best to move on with my life"

"i'm so proud of you" said remus, giving me another one of his warm and genuine smiles.

"we both are" janet added.

"coming to the library every evening helped" i explained, "you two offered me an escape; i will forever be grateful for that"

and the rest of the day was a mess of janet's childhood stories, laughs, smiles and happiness.