CHAPTER 24

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It won't come off

















No matter how much I scrubbed

No matter how much I scratched

No matter how much I clawed

It won't come off my skin

It clung like a disease, thick and vile, consuming with greed, sticking desperately to remind me of what I did

My nails dug deeper and deeper. I buried my fingers into my arm, tearing it, just so I could scrape it off

I didn't mean to do it

I didn't mean to

I just wanted him to stop. I wanted him to leave her alone. But he wouldn't. He was being scary. Violent. More violent than usual

Don't have friends, he said. They make you weak, he said. They make you vulnerable. They distract you

Only love your parents

And so he hurt her. My new friend. My third friend. My dearest friend, more so than Jisoo and Chaeyoung

Knife. Blood. Red. Screams. Tears. Pain. Fear. Shock

A shovel

I think I hit him a little too hard

I don't regret it

It's just that it wouldn't come off

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