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Chapter 8: Times Up

Author: Mia Kent
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AURORA’S POV

The sky was clear and I decided I Knew I had to make a decision quickly.

Our apartment was silent. Annabelle hadn’t come home last night. She was probably in some handsome man’s bed, showing off her curves like a painting for him to admire.

I hurried out of bed and walked barefoot to the small kitchen. I turned on the coffee machine and Annabelle’s old radio. The same ’80s station that always cheered me up was playing the last few lines of “I Will Always Love You” by Whitney Houston. Then, a weather report warned about a coming storm.

A vase of fresh roses sat on the counter, a gift from one of the many men who visited her nightclub hoping to win my sister’s heart.

Aiden called me Flower Girl in the beginning of what some would call a one sided relationship due to the fact that I was hopelessly in love with him. I picked up one of the white roses. A thorn pierced my thumb. A tiny drop of blood, shaped like a heart, rested on the petals.

“To marry or not to marry Boston’
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