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Complete Mon, Sep 1, 201451m

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Tagsaction brady briar claire riley

I've been free. I've been free for exactly two months. Where have I been free from? The mental institution. The one my sister put me in. I've associated with no one deep enough to tell them my name. I've lived off of stealing good and water, and making some money from small jobs. But no one knows my name. I plan to keep it that way. Unless I meet the only person I can supposedly trust, a girl named Clairabelle. She is the only person left that I could even think of calling family. But if she is trustworthy, I don't know. Even if my past brother figure told me I can trust her. She will know my name. She will know I am Riley. The legendary escapee of Cradle Lake City Mental Institution.

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