Prologue

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I can't even cut here.

The doors are transparent plastic, so I literally have no privacy. 

Security guards pace constantly down this hall. I don't have anything to cut with, but every time I find something even remotely sharp, the guards confiscate it. I bet they're afraid I'll use it to hurt them and get away. I'm tempted to just promise them I won't hurt anyone but myself, though I doubt they'll buy it. Besides, they want me alive for what they're going to do to me. I stare at the thin scar on my wrist and remember when Irie tried to wrap bandage around it but I freaked out. He gently stuck on a hello kitty bandaid instead. He cared for me then. But I've messed things up. I don't think he'll come for me now.

 I want to scream, punch the walls until my knuckles split. I need pain to drown out all the he racing thoughts. My mind just can't hold on any longer. But I can't count on anybody but myself to get out of this. I close my eyes and take a long, shaking breath. Out of all the screaming thoughts, one stands out, quiet and distinct.

"I should have left when I had the chance, all those months ago, before this all went to hell."

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