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2024-10-29 19:42:56"Hi!" Kris smiled as she opened the door. "How did it go?"
"Good," I muttered and I wanted to smile at her but that has somehow become an alien gesture for me.
"Oh good!" She looked hopeful and quickly gave Mom a fleeting look. "Would you like some coffee?"
"Okay," I nodded and dragged myself upstairs, closing the door behind me.
In my room, I began to slowly calm down. I had confined myself here for so long that it has become my safe haven. I walked to the dresser and stared at my reflection. The girl who stood in front of me and the girl in the Polaroid stuck at the corner are poles apart. She looks happy and radiant, this one I was staring at looked like someone has dug her out of the grave.
Red JohnsonHello my dear readers! How are you all? I hope everyone is great. My apologies guys for missing out on the updates. Its been crazy lately. But here's the next update nevertheless. My apologies guys for not uploading regularly. And I realized that it will be better to update weekly instead of unable to update regularly. So after this, the updates will be coming on Monday, Wednesday and Friday. Two updates each :) Sorry for the delay again guys
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