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Parts

December 7, 2019 4 Comments

Parts

By Allison Futterman

She forcefully scratched the skin on her wrist, then ripped off a couple of her nails and dropped them. She spat and rubbed her saliva around the seat, before biting herself hard enough to draw a little blood, which she smeared around as best she could.

Before her hands were restrained, she was able to pull out a few hairs from the nape of her neck.

She prayed that everything she’d done would be enough. Even if she didn’t make out the back of this car alive, parts of her would remain here. He would not get away with it.

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  1. Anna Holmes says

    December 9, 2019 at 7:26 am

    Ooh, a dark tale indeed. Strong stuff.

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  2. Adelaide says

    December 9, 2019 at 10:05 am

    Good lead in to the unexpected. Kept me reading

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  3. Miera says

    December 9, 2019 at 3:33 pm

    Editorial comment – She spat*

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  4. Dolores Johnson says

    December 10, 2019 at 8:50 pm

    OOOOOOO! Love it!!!

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