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I see you standing there. Can you sense me watching you?

You’re usually so good at hiding your feelings. Not now though.

You look so sad. So confused.

I ought to feel guilty. And yes, it oozes at the back of my mind, briefly. But it doesn’t take much to shut it down.

You deserve this, after all.

You told me you felt like this when they put you into care. Like you were helpless on a stormy sea. But then Autumn and Max came along, your anchors.

Well, they’re not here for you now, are they?

So maybe you’ll drown.

And then you’d be really pure, not just covering up the filth inside like you’re doing now with grown-up dresses and pretty hair.

But clean inside and out, just like you told me you wanted to be.

And then you’ll realise what you’ve done.

You’ll understand why I’m doing what I’m doing.

To save you, in a way. To save all of us.