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Leaning back, I offered him a small smile and ruffled his hair. Just as I pulled away, he grasped my hand and squeezed it once gently.

Thank you.

I read the words in his eyes, the ones he did not need to speak aloud.

Always,I squeezed back.

31

Poppy Wells

You’re a disgrace to this family.

My only regret in life is having a pathetic, useless daughter like you.

This is not a day to celebrate, you hear me?

You’re a waste of a life, of adaughter.

I wish every day it was you that died.

Why couldn’t it have been you?

You have ruined us all, Poppy.

That’s all you’ll ever do to the people you care about.

You break them

into a million pieces

until they arenothing.

With those biggreen eyes,

you ruin,

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32

Poppy Wells

Many summers ago

Stupid little girl.

Stupid little girl.

Stupid, stupid, stupid little girl.

My fist slammed into the shower wall with a crack. Just as a scream tore its way up my throat, pain exploded across my hand until I felt the ripple effects across my entire body.

“Fuck!” I moaned, ignoring the questioning looks from overbearing parents who wasted no time shooing their precious children away from me like I was some sort of infectious disease.