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Salvation
My eyes widened to their limits, before a body collided into mine, flying us into the hard floor. More screams resonated throughout the hall and more gunshots could be heard, but all that occupied my mind were those terrifying words.
"Are you okay, Hazel?" Sylvester asked from above me, his eyes frantically scanning over my body.
"He killed my mother," I muttered.
"I'm sorry about that," he replied with pity lacing his voice.
"He killed my mother," I repeated, letting the news sink in my head. Suddenly the world began to blur before my eyes, and time slowed down. All these years, I had been associating with my mother's killer. I had been believing his lies, thinking she died from a heart attack while...
"He murdered her..."
"Hazel?"
"Montero killed her..." I gasped, but no air reached my l
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