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CHAPTER 10
BEAUTY AND THE BEAST
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“YOU can't dance with the devil and wonder why you're still in hell“... Ella
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AMBER
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Right now I'm standing in front of the porch.
Part of me is telling me to run away from everything and never come back but another part of me is telling me to face my demons.
I can't believe that I'm now an orphan and that I've lost both parents.
I wiped the tears that threatened to fall.
After weighing all the pros and cons in my mind, I finally decided to knock. I was hesitant at first but then I took another step by opening up the door.
I stepped inside the living room.
the house was dark as all the lights were turned off.
"I knew you wouldn't resist coming to your own funeral" A voice spoke, I recognized it as Tasha's before the lights suddenly came on.
She was seated on the couch as she sipped on her whisky she poured into the glass.
"I thought you
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