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tiffness.

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veshish of his embrace, and seemed

herself in selfow the covers,

accustomed to his indifference

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autenty herding the fear, the aftershocks the loneliness following all emotions

her words had been harsh because only

she wouldn’t lie there without Curtis, and his comfort was well-intentioned. She had

the

room, Curtis sat on the couch, his dirty shirt discarded and a first-aid kit beside

footsteps on the stairs, he looked up, then

saline solution from

perplexed look but complied, revealing a cut on the back

placed a sterile bandage. Then she grabbed an ice pack for the bruise on his shoulder,

cold,” Curtis

bear with it,” Leanne replied.

deep night flowed through the windows, bringing a touch of something, a subtle, lingering sorrow that belonged to

belonged to the house that had

After a moment, she heard him ask, “Why

lashes trembled slightly. “Because it’s

scoffed, “Because the danger comes

you on purpose.

purpose?” Curtis grunted. “I was comforting you. Are you that ungrateful, needing to

relief of survival allowed them a rare moment of

explained, “I don’t want to depend on you.”

“Why?” he pressed.

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