DUST (On Hold)

DUST (On Hold)

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The clock ticked. "What's your name, anyway?" "Dust." "That ain't a name." "It's my name." The tap dripped, and the sun shone. "Sure. Where'd you come from?" "A metaphor." The neighbour leaned forward. "What are you on about?" The boy smiled. "I came from neglect. Neglect, bad parenting and school expulsion." A.N. - obviously the user featured on the cover ('Tortwat') is no longer my user but I cba to change it
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COMPLETED The clock is ticking. Ticktock, ticktock-it sounds so loud that it seems to compete with the sound of my heart. Everything has come to a standstill. Although the world around me doesn't seem to stop, even though my heart is about to burst. It's just lights, noise, and a small, incessant beeping that threatens to shatter my ear. I knew she would die, I've known it for a while now. It's not exactly her death that has taken the wind out of me. It is not the fact that I have lost my mother after only 16 years of life. But it is what she has revealed-what she has kept inside herself until the last second of her life. Her bruised and weak fingers have not let go of my hand, not since those words left her whitish lips. "Your father- your father is-" Sophia Young arrives in a new city, entering one of the most prestigious universities. She arrives with a purpose, a list of people she needs to meet, and a target she needs to destroy. 11nov2023-19nov2023

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