Chapter 9

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  Too much.

  It was too much.

  My brain couldn't handle it all.

  I was still so young.

  I hadn't existed for very long.

  It was just too much.

  Why?

  Why did it have to be so much?

  My hand was clamped around my wrist, pivoting back and forth and rubbing the soft skin.

  It had been doing that for the past hour.

  My wrist burned.

  It was bleeding as well.

  I couldn't stop it.

  Just as I couldn't stop the shaking of my head.

  Just as I couldn't stop the cathartic rocking, back and forth and back and forth in a neverending cycle.

  It was all too much.

  Everything was happening all at once.

  I couldn't take it.

  I had to do something.

  Something to make my brain go quiet.

  Something to make my head stop hurting.

  Something to make it better.

  Anything to make it better.

  Anything.

  ...
  ...
  ...
  ...
  ...

  What was that sound?

  Was that my door?

  Someone knocking?

  Was someone there?

  Someone to see me?

  Why?

  Why would someone want to see me?

  Why would someone be there?

  Why would someone be knocking?

  ...

  Opening.

  The door was opening.

  Who was there?

  A man.

  A Thomas.

  A green one.

  Walking.

  He was walking to me.

  He was sitting.

  He was cross-legged in front of me.

  He was looking at me.

  Don't look at him. Don't look at him. Don't look at him.

  It's too much.

  I can't look at him.

  I can't look at him.

  It's too much.

  It's all too much.

  It's too much.

  It's too much.

  His hand.

  Held out in front of me.

  Something in it.

  A card?

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