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𝙻𝚒𝚖𝚎 𝙱𝚎𝚊𝚛

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Abandoned: Chapter 1

𝙻𝚒𝚖𝚎 𝙱𝚎𝚊𝚛

It was a cold, lonely night, in that woven basket. My mother had abandoned me. She threw me in a basket and left me in an alleyway. I was only a baby and I didn’t realize it at the time, but it might have been for my good. I was swaddled in one single blanket, but the cold still crept deep into my skin. I honestly thought that I was going to die, alone, in that basket on that cold December night. I had drifted off to sleep, shivering in great masses. I wanted someone to put their arms around me and tell me they loved me. But I had only ...

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