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there anyone around who might hear you?" He repeated. I nodded again,
becoming even more aware that there was nothing I could do now to
defend myself, which would not mean sure death for me.
"You live here all alone, don't you?" I could hear he was half mocking
me, that I had no one to help me. I nodded again. I heard him laugh.
He started to lift his weight off me, telling me, "Don't even MOVE, or
your DEAD!" What could I do?
"TURN your head into the pillow!" I did, quickly. I didn't want to
infuriate him again, he seemed to be calming down a bit, and that
meant I was more likely to live. "Such a pretty girl, to be living all
alone. So-o-o-o-o pretty." His voice sounded like a crazed lunatic as
he spoke to me. He was slowly stroking my hair, like the way you'd
pet an snimsl.
Finally he spoke again. "What's your name, pretty
one?" I didn't know what to say...should I tell him, or should I give
him a fake name? Surely he'd never tell me HIS name, not his REAL
one, anyway... He didn't like my hesitation, and was quick to
retaliate. He started gripping
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