She Took The House The Car And My Heart

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Nina giggled, dipped her fingers into the ointment, and carefully spread it across the bruises on the boy’s arms, making sure her touch didn’t hurt him.

His brow knit slightly, caught off guard by what they were doing.

“No talking. No moving,” Nina reminded him sweetly while dabbing the ointment. “If you move, you lose and have to do this yourself at home.”

The boy didn’t say a word.

Over the next ten minutes, Jesse and Nina tended to every injury with quiet care.

When Jesse saw the marks that covered the boy’s back, even he—usually calm and steady—felt something twist inside him. Even an adult would struggle to endure those bruises. How had this kid managed?

“All done,” Jesse said softly, steadying his voice as he handed the ointment back to Nina. “Time’s up.”

Nina’s eyes curved into a bright smile, her expression glowing with delight. The boy suddenly noticed the pain in his body didn’t feel quite so sharp anymore. He glanced at Nina and said, “I won.”

blinked,

won,” the boy said

the timer on her watch. “Look,

He’d never encountered anything like

Jesse and Nina, slowly realizing, “You two teamed up to trick

sweetly. “Only the two of us are playing. My

but deep down,

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the ointment once more. “Use it once a day.

boy stared at the ointment in his hand, a mix of

he could be lied to, mocked, or pushed

couldn’t keep the mask

to fake-cry and trick you,” Nina admitted, her voice soft and sincere as she placed the ointment in his hand. “I’m sorry. Can you

go first. I’ll talk to him,” Jesse

Nina protested, not entirely