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2022-03-12 03:24:03"Hey."Damien said as he joined my taboe at the cafeteria. From what I heard, our team had the highest score. I wasn't there. I was late to school. I had argument with Jude that morning and that was a huge turn off for me. I just wanted to be alone, throughout the day.
"Hey."I adjusted my glasses an fixed my gaze back on the good I wasn't eating.
"We made it. Why were you so late today? You should have been there."
"Hm. Something came up."I tried not to sound as cold as I felt.
"Okay."He began to eat and I could not help but watch him. There's this hope I get when I look at his face, his words rings in my head, tels me I'm not worthless, that I am enough. I just could not take my face off him, like he was my source of life.
"Paige? Are you okay?"
"Of course I am."
"You don't look like you are. You've been cold all morning, even now."
I winced. "Shouldn't you be at the class teacher's office, collating results?"
"I've done
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" You really are a good actor Paige."I could not believe my ears and eyes. Damien took out his phone and played the videos of his assault to me. I could not help but scream. He held me and dragged me to one of the rooms in the sick bay. He locked the door so no one would interrupt us and even shut the windows. I was in tears as I watched him. "I'm sorry Paige," he said. "I know everything now. I know how much you'd like to hide this. How much you've lied to me? I know." I tried to speak. "Damien. How did you get that?" "Does that matter now? Huh?" He joined me on the couch and wiped my teara with his palm. I covered my face in shame of him. "You weren't going to tell anyone, were you? Yet you were dying inside. That monster!..." "Damien!"I shrieked. "Please... The walls have ears. I'd die." He swallowed. He was pained, that feeling of responsibility. "Fine!"He gasped. " How long has this been going on?" "Ten years. Precisely, since I was six." "What?!" he exclaimed. I cried an
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