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Chapter Thirty Six: Grief
August 30, 2017
The next thing Elaine knew was the guy roughly grabbed the blouse she was wearing. She heard the buttons hit the floor. Her breathing was rugged. She wanted to fight him off and push him away, but she just couldn’t find her strength. The guy was immovable as he was still on top of her no matter how hard she pushed.
He landed a punch to her stomach when he got irritated with her crying and struggling. Elaine gasped, it was as if she ran out of air for a moment.
“Stop resisting, bitch!"
'Please...' she heard herself begging but wasn't sure if he heard her.
"This is what you get for turning your back on your father!” he snapped and grabbed at her hair from the back.
Elaine didn’t think about her aching scalp. She was more attuned to the excruciating pain from the hit in the belly and the truth of what he just
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