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    The twelfth rose, I would have had a dozen by now if I didn't bury one and discard two.

   I resent myself for throwing away your gifts. I had believed they were sent by someone else- someone who enjoys seeing me suffer.

   "I'm sorry, Sannie." I whispered as I gazed at my scarring wrists.

   "I can't keep going without you, but I'll stay just to see the final day of roses." I whispered and dropped the knife into the bathroom sink.

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