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out the door and sl

on the door. "Marcelo, I am your wife. You can

n't working, I

tty sudden to you, but we can work thin

n I heard ba

had told the guards

t d

tion of the sound to see t

they were dogs, I would've called

n, as fast as my

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ust twe

different twists and tu

didn't wa

uld still be bright

house. I could still hear them

rip me to pieces if th

cottage not far away and I ran

o the windows a

ush on the door as if the d

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rained to m

s I looked around

t and pushed it in

de while I sat on the floor

ing and I fe

he place was dirty, as

I was scared the dogs m

my knees. As I sat there, I tried to

survive.

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still outside or if they had

find out, so I cont

n I heard a kn

able to k

ed and sa

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me to sen

gone?" I ask

ts me to take

ned. "

parents

sending

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more than abuse me for faili

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nd being super obedient just so t

home now, they woul

they were going

want to

don't want

s really cold at night in this part of the estate. Also, Mr. King said i

allo

spending the

y ready for thi

iterally h

ogs on me, knowing

to me if I stubbornly insist

back

ce did I

ot to get killed by that my

d. I'm going nowhere

the night in that dark ro

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sleep through the unbearable cold of the

, alarmed when I saw two m

inging the d

heelchair roll in-and si

ike punc

laxed as he

pse, Mr. King? Sorry to d

, what am I goin

n idea. Start treating me as your wife! You sai

nely terrified of him and scared he

h would reduce the cha

you that desperate to be my

d away

hope you're in tune with everything that has to do with being my

allo

b

the duties of a

ve been so sho

having my first

mn

ould have just taken me

control, given my disa

arted as

lity i

n pretending t

d to be real

an you don't want to be my wife any

uld do anything yo

g? You're more despi

tongue to insult him too

in that terrifying sit

't send me back to my parents

ed to

that." And then

the room and sud

ying to steady myself

scare of

eally hu

fell to the ground-and t

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again, I found mys

for a moment, fee

around to see that I was in the roo

to my hand. I realized th

ankets aside because I

reath, trying to think o

what being married to Marcelo would

ffend him, so I had to

s really disabled and

t might kill me if I didn't t

ounded on

awake, Mr

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