#CHAPTER 40:

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Although we are all the same, they didn't see it that way, and it disgusts me that you would flee if you knew .

By this point, it appeared as though water were flowing from my eyes .

However, if you claim you want our friendship to terminate, then so be it . As I was fleeing, tears were streaming down my face .

I was afraid that if she learned the truth about me, she would go away out of terror .

In addition, I don't want her to treat me like a princess, as I did in my last pack .

I desired freedom and the ability to meet people who would help me forget my unpleasant background .

When this familiar figure gave me a hug from behind, I was just about to open the door .

She burst into tears as she realized it was Glinda . staining my back in the same way as tears stain my cheeks as they fall .

Shiela , I apologize for not listening to you . Just trying to be . . .

I spun around to face her as she stumbled through her words .