Shirts and jeans litter the asphalt, the empty fabric limbs askew as if they're attempting to escape. Blood smears Sarah's lips as she struggles against the chest of a dirty looking man with a beard. Terror. Terror is the only word my mind can seize on and it forgets what it means. I forget how to think - to move.
They were so thrilled when I said I__ a virgin,_ I blurt out. ____ so fucking stupid.__ start crying again, and Alex hands me a napkin. __ou__e not stupid,_ she says. __ou simply don__ assume people mean you harm.___eah, well._ I blow my nose loudly. __ast night that equaled being stupid.___o, it means you__e normal,_ Alex says.
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They were so thrilled when I said I__ a virgin,_ I blurt out. ____ so fucking stupid.__ start crying again, and Alex hands me a napkin. __ou__e not stupid,_ she says. __ou simply don__ assume people mean you harm.___eah, well._ I blow my nose loudly. __ast night that equaled being stupid.___o, it means you__e normal,_ Alex says.
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