Villains and Heroes

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Mackenzie needed a shower. After everything that had happened, she really needed to feel clean again. She took her time, trying to relax, trying to think, trying to put herself back together so that once she was ready to come out, she would know what to do.

She stepped out of the steamy bathroom wearing a pair of black leggings and an old white tank top. She put her damp hair in a bun as she stepped back inside her bedroom. Elijah was still there, standing near the old vanity, his hands in his pockets, looking out the window. He turned around when she came out and watched her as she started to take the sheets off of her bed. He had noticed the bloody pillows and he would be lying if he said the smell didn't bother him. She stayed silent and avoided eye contact, and he knew exactly why.

"Did you think about what I said?"

She froze for half a second before she resumed her task, ignoring him.

"Do you need more time to think about it?"

Mackenzie threw the sheets on the floor and ignored him. She gathered the dirty laundry and carried them out of the bedroom. Elijah waited for a minute before she came back with clean sheets. He watched in silence as she made her bed.

"I don't want you to kill him," she finally replied, focusing on the pillowcase.

Her answer didn't surprise him.

"Don't you think he deserves to die?"

She froze again. The mere thought made her feel guilty because she didn't say "no" when he asked the first time.

"It's not up to me."

"It is, though."

She raised her head, finally looking up at him.

"It's not right."

"What he did to you wasn't right either."

She shivered at the thought. After two years of abuse, two years of physical and psychological torture, she finally had an opportunity to take him down. She had the option to never see him again, so why wasn't she taking it?

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