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'ALL IT TAKES IS SLIT WRISTS, THEN THERE'S NO WAY OUT' Roseline hates what has become of herself. Dumped by her boyfriend. Divorcing parents. Bullied in her school. Overshadowed by her siblings. Terrible grades. All which translated into an uncertain, gloomy future. She wants out, and she thinks she gets it when she realizes that the blood running through her veins is all that links her to the cruel world. She slits her wrists and all that follows makes her realize that this wasn't the out she was looking for. She's petrified when she realizes that she isn't really dead (at least not spiritually, as she likes to think) and is watching the consequences of her action unfold in front of her. Masks fall and awful secrets are revealed, with more lives at stake as Roseline fights her way through, asking herself the same question 'every day'- Will I find a way out out of my way out? Or will I be trapped here? Forever? All rights reserved

Zahra · Masa Muda

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20.1: A Garden Of Blues

I'm standing in front of William's house, watching Tobias lean against the front door with Benji's leash wrapped around his wrist. He's staring at me with a smile, but it's too dark to see the twinkle in his eyes or the glisten of his lips.

"It's a starry night," he tells me. "I haven't seen one in a while. In five cycles."

I look up at the blanket of blackness above us and try to tuck in the tears I've been crying nonstop ever since I've left Jacob. I try to stare down at a particularly bright star, hoping that Tobias would blame the stars' light and not my pain for my teary eyes.

"I have the oddest of desires," he then tells me and I look down at him. He's grinning and has his hands shoved in his pockets.

I roll my eyes with a weary smile. "To feel?"

"That's not odd," he tells me with a slight shrug. "I want to have bubble gum."

I blink at him for a while, not sure if I heard right. "Gum?"

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