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I didn’t want to do it. I swear, it just happened. I had to. My hands won’t stop shaking, I’m trying to stop them by gripping the bathroom sink as water fills it but they won’t stop shaking, because I’m shaking. I’m staring into the mirror and what I see is making me feel sick, it’s me, but I’ve never seen myself look like this. Pale skin, grey eyes with dark circles underneath, my short black hair, my bangs falling over my eyes, a red button-up shirt, and my favourite gold necklace my boyfriend gave me with my name on it “Jaiden.” It’s me...
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A Letter For Emery Lane Written by: Alessa Strachlin. Dear Emery Lane. I’ve thought about you a lot the last few days. I don’t really know what to think when I think of you. I think about what would happen if I could actually talk to you in person, like if I could travel back in time and just sit down and talk with you, I think about what I’d say to you, what you’d say back to me. I think about how you’d react if you saw me now. Maybe you’d be happy we made it to 15, maybe you’d be sad we weren’t gone like we planned. For the record, I’...
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