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She rolls over in her bed and her shoulder pops. She inhales the morning air with a deep and full breath and her back pops back into place. Both are reminders of the brutal beatings she's subjected her body to. She stretches out her arms, her hands straining for imaginary objects. She rotates both wrists and listens to the familiar crackling coming from her bones. She sits up in bed, admiring the cal-trans orange sheets that enveloped her. She pushes her chest out and feels the pieces of her upper spine move into their rightful place, sending the feeling of relief through the tensed muscles in the surrounding area. She moves out of her co

I wanted to marry you. I wanted to marry you and have your kids and grow old with you. I wanted live in a tiny little house and have only you because that's all I've ever needed. I wanted to have the lights go out during a storm and have to hide with you under the covers from the monsters that lurk in the dark. I wanted to push our child on the swing and tell them about how much you and I loved the swings when we were kids. I wanted to put the little shoes that we bought on our son or dress our daughter in the outfit you'd bought. Hell, I wanted to know who won the bet over the baby being a boy or a girl. I wanted to burn your din