But then I realised that they must be talking about me as the older man was looking at me and saying something to the woman, who was writing down what...he said. I tried to listen but my head was still fuzzy and I could only make out some of the words.The man was saying, "The nose needs altering a little, to make it cute and the eyes could do with being a little bigger"As he spoke I felt him touch my face and heard him say, "The chin looks fine, not a very strong jaw line at all. Once we get rid. I was still in bed. I missed her.Therapist, mother, sister, friend, lover? I'd never had any of those except a mother, and that was so long ago ... How could I know what she should be for me?She filled my thoughts! Holding her. Being held by her. Caring for me.But she left me to go to Gary, to get love from Gary. I tried to hate him, but I couldn't. Gary had saved me. Gary had brought me to Moira. Gary was letting me stay.I imagined the two of them together in his bed. Her long red hair, his. He sat back, nodded his head, and tapped the screen of his smart phone.I went into the store to pay for the books I'd found and in the process almost forgot about him. When I came out I did notice he was no longer sitting on the bench.About half an hour later, as I sat in the food court eating my lunch, he approached my table with his smart phone in one hand and a cup of coffee in the other."Would it be all right if I joined you?" he said.I hesitated, looked around, and then made a gesture of. She fell backwards as the door swung open hitting the wall so hard that the metal doorknob left a crescent shaped indentation in the drywall. She crab walked backwards as she watched her dad unbuckle his belt and pull it from the loops on his fatigues. He grabbed her by her hair and pulled her to her feet. Tears stung in her eyes as he shoved her toward her bed. Take your pants off, he said tightly as he folded the belt in half.. Daddy, no, she pleaded. Now. She knew that defying him was only.
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