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"What the..!!"

Oh, no. He's found it. She slowly shut her eyes while taking in a deep breath. She

could hear the anger, the fear, the shock in his voice. The raw emotion was

penetrating.       

"Laura! LAURA!!"

God, what do I do.. I can't deal with this. I'm not dealing with this now. The sick

feeling increased, it spread through her body so that she started to feel numb.

"Laura! Where are you? Laura!?"

Picking up her bag, she walked into the kitchen and said "I'm here. Look, I've got to

head out. I need to be at Jill's place for the rehearsal. I'll see you later."

He grabbed her arm as she started to leave. "Wait a sec. You've got to talk to me.

What's this? What are you on about? What are you doing? Look at me!! What do you mean?"

She felt hot. Her head hurt and she was tired. Weeks, day, minutes of agonising had

brought her to this moment. She had made a decision and now she didn't want to face it.

"I don't want to deal with this now. It'll have to wait. I've got to go."

I'm a coward. A pathetic person but I can't do this. Not now.