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Facing your true self
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2021-08-27 23:41:01Robin was speechless. He was running away from everything around him. He had been running from his past. He had been running from his family. He has been running away from everything all his life.
Painting and drawing is the only thing that he hadn't been running away from. He couldn't face his dad before, but now he can. He wasn't able to face his mom, but now he can. His past is not a burden to him anymore.
And everything happened right after he met Lucy. Lucy's words had changed his life. He was able to take a step forward in his life. Even his dad, he's able to speak to him normally now.
But now she's the one who's misunderstanding him now. Why does she does this to hurt him every single time?.
He's tired of being hurt all the time. All ever he had wanted in his life was to have a loving family. That was all he had needed.
As he wasn't able to acquire that to escape from everything he started drawing. It helped him escape from
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The man behind the Artistic smile Resolution
He closed the door behind him and locked it. Then carried her up to the bed, and placed her on the bed roughly.Christina looked up at his face unable to understand what was going on.“What is he planning to do?”.He held her hands above her head and peered deep into her eyes.Her throat was starting to go dry out of fear and excitement.“Um…Robin….”.He clicked his tongue and pulled her roughly, helping her get up on her feet from the bed.They stood face to face on the ground.He was starting to take off his clothes. She adverted her eyes right away.He finally unbuttoned his shirt and now stood topless.“Kneel!” he commanded in a harsh tone.She was startled when he yelled.“Uh…..”.“Are you saying-“.“Kneel!” he said again.“On the ground?” she stuttered.He nodded his head sideways.She glanced down at the carpet lying at her feet and gets down on her feet.“Kneel as a dog does!” he added.She changed her posture and sat just like an obedient dog does.She looked at his face and
