[She heard that drawn out grunt of her name behind her, signaling he'd come and making her especially happy that she'd opted to get an IUD long before ever meeting him. God, if she'd wound up like Hope...
But she didn't want to think about that. She just started pushing at walls, kicking things -- or trying to. Her foot went through a piece of debris, and she hissed at it as she swung and landed on her ass.]
Not long.
[She couldn't help it. Her eyes went to the girl on the ground and she felt bile start to rise up in her mouth. All the people he'd hurt. All the shit he'd done, and she'd tried so hard to forget it. To forget what she couldn't do to help any of them.
All because she'd tried to be one of the good guys and had caught his attention.]
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But she didn't want to think about that. She just started pushing at walls, kicking things -- or trying to. Her foot went through a piece of debris, and she hissed at it as she swung and landed on her ass.]
Not long.
[She couldn't help it. Her eyes went to the girl on the ground and she felt bile start to rise up in her mouth. All the people he'd hurt. All the shit he'd done, and she'd tried so hard to forget it. To forget what she couldn't do to help any of them.
All because she'd tried to be one of the good guys and had caught his attention.]