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While you're at it.

Author: Funmilayo
last update Last Updated: 2025-03-26 23:31:30

SYLVIA’S POV

I woke up screaming.

My body twisted in the sheets, my nails clawing at the fabric as I tried to get away from the hands I could feel gripping me, words ringing in my ears, the sharp snap of a belt hitting me. My breath came fast like I was drowning.

"Sylvia, nobody's hurting you. Wake up."

The voice was distant, muffled beneath the panic roaring in my head. It didn’t matter. I wasn’t here, I was back there, trapped in a memory I couldn’t escape.

A face flashed before me, smug and cruel. My stepbrother. He was standing there, belt in hand, grinning.

I fought. I kicked, scratched, lashed out with everything I had.

"Sylvia, fucking hell!"

The sharp curse was what finally pulled me out. My eyes flew open.

I was in Mario’s room.

And Mario was in front of me, blood seeping between his fingers as he clutched his face.

Oh, God.

I stared at him, my chest rising and falling too fast, my heart still hammering like it hadn’t caught up to reality yet.

I did that.

“I... I’m sorry,” I
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