Taking a good look around, she noticed that she was only a couple of blocks from where the incident had happened the night before. A ray of hope entered her bubble. She was now one step closer to finding her cell phone and giving hell to her grandpa. Slipping her shoes back on, she walked determinedly in that direction, hoping against hope that whatever deity was watching took pity on her. Lord knows it had ignored her for the last few days.
The closer she got to the alley, the more nervous she became, and that simply pissed her off. Her palms started sweating and she nearly growled at herself when her steps started to drag the pavement a little bit. So what if she was in her favorite dress… so what if she wasn’t completely healed yet… so what if they had almost killed her.
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