Julia faced the image of her mother. Momma? Why is she here?
A shot rang out in the night, followed by a pink mist that filled the space where her mother’s head used to be. What remained of the body collapsed to the ground. It dropped like a rag doll tossed away by a toddler…
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Words without conviction held no sway over her. Nevertheless, she pushed onwards. Fear was taunting her, but Julia needed to know what was going on. So, she recited a prayer for a meagre amount of comfort. At least it would take her mind off the memories of her childhood monsters.
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Julia watched those beautiful blue eyes fade out in the distance. While her mother supported the relationship, she preferred to keep things on the down low. It saves me from being pressed for details.
The wind picked up and sent a blast of cold air up her dress. She was on a natural high from their time together, so Mother Nature would need to do better than that to get a reaction. She let out a dreamy sigh and headed down the lane leading to their home. How am I so lucky?
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“Don’t let your imagination run wild,” Julia whispered, while the growing sense of dread made it difficult to breathe. “Calm down.”
Words without conviction held no sway over her. Nevertheless, she pushed onwards. Fear was taunting her, but Julia needed to know what was happening. Julia recited a prayer for a meagre amount of comfort.
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“Don’t let your imagination run wild,” Julia whispered, despite a growing sense of dread that made it difficult to breathe. “Calm down.”
Words without conviction held no sway over her. Nevertheless, she pushed onwards. Fear was taunting her, but Julia needed to know what was going on. To focus, Julia recited a prayer for a meagre amount of comfort.
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The lane was a holdover from the property’s origins as a farm The back had grown wild since, covered in threes, shrubs, tall grass, and these purple flowers that reminded her of a man wearing baggy clothes and a hoodie. Saves me from mowing the grass.
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The wind picked up, sending a blast of cold air up her dress. She was on high from the hour they spent together, so Mother Nature would need to do better than that to get a reaction. She let out a dreamy sigh, and headed down the lane leading to their home. How am I so lucky?
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She reached back inside her pack, and pulled out the grubby envelope. The envelope had been handled so much that her smudged fingerprints covered the surface, along with tear stains. Still, Julia could not get past the message, a constant reminder on how her life was further falling off the rails.
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“Momma?” Julia let slip, before clapping her mouth shut.
Through wide eyes, Julia realised that the trucks most drowned out her voice. Her mother was surrounded by a group of burly men. None of them were familiar, and that element of the unknown gave her more reasons to worry.
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“Don’t let your imagination run wild,” Julia whispered, despite a growing sense of dread making it difficult to breathe. “Calm down.”
Those words were empty and did nothing to improve her state of mind, she pushed ahead. Going against her own fears, she needed to know what was going on.
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