Float ⚓ Twenty Three

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I want to slap her...I want her to bleed for her poisonous curiosity.

But I don't. She has never been so stern. And what is that feeling Im getting?

Pride?

I take a deep breath and shake as it racks my body. She looks...scared.

My heart shatters.

You know...what she did to me. I tell her. Why must you always ask? I think I try to smile warmly, but she flinches, and so Im sure my expression is stone hard.

Because, Seth, Her voice is shakey, I love you and I want to know why you don't treat me like you love me.

I stiffen. How...how dare sh-

Why are you like this. She whispers.

This time, I strike.

And it's a punch.

More than one.

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