𝐚 𝐧𝐞𝐰 𝐦𝐞 (Remington Leith story)
𝙖 𝙗𝙧𝙤𝙠𝙚𝙣 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙣𝙜 𝙗𝙤𝙮, 𝙖 𝙡𝙤𝙣𝙚𝙡𝙮 𝙜𝙞𝙧𝙡. 𝙡𝙤𝙫𝙚 𝙖 𝙛𝙞𝙧𝙨𝙩 𝙨𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙩? -"𝙨𝙘𝙖𝙧𝙡𝙚𝙩𝙩?" "𝙮𝙚𝙨 𝙧𝙚𝙢𝙞𝙣𝙜𝙩𝙤𝙣?" 𝙞 𝙨𝙖𝙞𝙙 𝙗𝙖𝙘𝙠 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙖 𝙨𝙢𝙖𝙡𝙡 𝙨𝙢𝙞𝙡𝙚 "𝙬𝙞𝙡𝙡.. 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙗𝙚 𝙢𝙮 𝙜𝙞𝙧𝙡𝙛𝙧𝙞𝙚𝙣𝙙?"
𝙖 𝙗𝙧𝙤𝙠𝙚𝙣 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙣𝙜 𝙗𝙤𝙮, 𝙖 𝙡𝙤𝙣𝙚𝙡𝙮 𝙜𝙞𝙧𝙡. 𝙡𝙤𝙫𝙚 𝙖 𝙛𝙞𝙧𝙨𝙩 𝙨𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙩? -"𝙨𝙘𝙖𝙧𝙡𝙚𝙩𝙩?" "𝙮𝙚𝙨 𝙧𝙚𝙢𝙞𝙣𝙜𝙩𝙤𝙣?" 𝙞 𝙨𝙖𝙞𝙙 𝙗𝙖𝙘𝙠 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙖 𝙨𝙢𝙖𝙡𝙡 𝙨𝙢𝙞𝙡𝙚 "𝙬𝙞𝙡𝙡.. 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙗𝙚 𝙢𝙮 𝙜𝙞𝙧𝙡𝙛𝙧𝙞𝙚𝙣𝙙?"
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "Of all the beautiful porcelain dolls in this world, why pick an broken rag doll like me?", I ask as he squeezes my hand and glances at my lips. To my surprise, he simply answers with a grin as if it were clear as glass, "Broken things have beautiful stories. Why not you?" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~...
I take her hand and start the walk to the building. It's very dark out, and the lot is only lit on the front. But I have no trouble finding my way. Once we are walking along the back side of the building, I stop. She is in between myself and the building now, and I don't think I can control myself much longer. I turn...