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"My name is Harper Jane Reynolds. A nineteen-year-old American woman with a sob story, that life gives no fucks about because life is just unfair."946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnFS9DuaEki
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"Harper! Harper!" yells the deep slurring voice of a drunken man. Harper ran into her room locking her door quickly and hiding in her toy box, empty, other than a Scrump stuffie, that she held close to her as she tried her best to stifle her tears. Her back was aching enough from the years of being whacked over and over with a belt. She curled herself into a tighter ball trying to keep from whimpering as her father fought with her bedroom door. She closes her eyes and just wished.946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYnNKXU4tAQ
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Knock, knock, knock.946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡr4YiR4epxq
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"Harper?" a soft voice she didn't recognize calls out to her. She peaks her head out of her toy box sniffing. "Unlock the door sweetheart, we're going to get you out of here, alright?" The young girl sits up more opening the lid all the way, keeping Scrump close to her chest in her arms. She unlocks the door stepping back a few feet.946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5NlsTB0IE6
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An older woman, maybe around her mother's age bends down to her knees. "Harper," the woman holds her hand out and Harper jumps back further away from her. The woman sighs lowering her hand. "It's okay dear, come on, your dad can't hurt you anymore." Harper looks at the woman with confusion and skepticism.946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTdSwTNxylH
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"You promise...?" Harper asked wiping her eyes. The woman smiles softly and nodded. Harper's heart lifted and she smiled as she stepped closer to the woman. The woman moves to pick her up only for the young girl to back away again. "Please don't touch me."946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡl0ovzxsONv
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~~1 year later~~946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2dXlpzLNT4
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"Harper, what are you doing here?" Asked the same woman who saved her so many months ago. Harper shook her head holding tightly to her backpack and a handful of stuffing.946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfzxf70hTsl
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"Miss... Miss Forbes... please don't send me back to the Stewarts..." she sniffled holding the stuffing close to her.946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGUJgl9SjbR
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"Did those rowdy boys do that to Scrump?" Harper nods at the woman's question. Miss Forbes bent down on her knees holding her hands out to the girl. "May I see it?" Harper holds the stuffing and fabric back.946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGcNQcYSWtl
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"Miss Stewart said the same thing and she threw her away. Said that we could get a new one. I don't want a new one, Diana." She sniffed. "I had to dig through the garbage to get her back."946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPdb72Xa21A
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"I promise that I will try to fix Scrump up. I just need to see the wounds, okay?" Harper looks the woman up and down, nodding when the ten-year-old found the woman to be truthful. She holds out the stuffing and the fabric.946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHfXSr31VhW
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"They gave Scrump to the dog and thought it was funny to hear me cry." She said softly looking at her feet. Diana looks up at the small and broken-hearted girl.946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDOZkDjsCTo
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"Harper, if I fix up Scrump can you promise me something?" The woman asked taking the stuffing and fabric. Harper looks up at the woman and nods. "This is a big promise sweetheart alright?" Harper nods again. "I want you to promise me and try not to cry anymore okay? When those big mean boys do something to make you cry, don't cry. Fight back, there is a warrior inside you Harper, I want to see you to live tall, and to make people work hard to get something from you especially those tears that you shed. Alright?" Harper sniffs and rubs her eyes. The little girl nods.946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsvVaKbHnka
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"Can I live with you too Diana?" She asks, Miss Forbes looks the young girl up and down then at her own house. Never been married, never had kids of her own, she looked back to the one girl that could give her a chance to have all she really wanted, and Harper had no idea how much that question made the Child Service Worker feel.946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVet5O10K76
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"I will do all that I can to make sure that happens."946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSmOv4CmZ7R
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~~Three years later~~946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjQmLhOPHoH
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Diana laughs with true joy. "So you want to go to the museum again? Is that I am hearing?"946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWCBBYraLy2
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"Yeah! I like History! I think my favorite is the 50's-" the thirteen-year-old stops. "It's okay to like the 50's right Diana?" Diana laughs once more.946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGcgfLzVtyg
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"Of course sweetheart, the 50's are my favorite too." Harper smiles looking around and sees a small hot dog cart.946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYyNmX9WmZ4
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"Diana, can I pay for lunch?" The young girl asks pulling out three dollars. Diana chuckles,946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRpJiexCVnt
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"Save your money sweetheart, I know how much you have been looking at that prom dress."946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2CXTxm9MP2
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"Prom won't be for another 4 years though..." Harper says looking at the woman quizzically. Diana chuckles.946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡf9Rl8fExdr
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"Time moves fast Harper, too fast."946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcn3kSJJ8Ax
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"Forbes!" Diana and Harper turn to see a man walking up a pulling something out of his pants. "Where's my daughter?!" Diana's eyes grow wide.946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFWC3MpaK9c
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"Harper run!"946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡorIKRCPlYS
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"Who is he, Diana?"946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjDaGDPH3hf
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"Harper I said--"946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJ7FMOGwwF3
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Bang! Screams erupt through the streets and Harper is stuck in fear as she watches Diana fall backward.946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBj0DrT6fSi
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"Diana?! DIANA!" Harper looks around and the guy was gone. Harper's eyes swell with tears as she kneels down next to her guardian. She couldn't scream, her voice caught in her throat as she tries everything she can to get Diana to speak. There was so much blood. The world was silent and still.946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5hMC4n6rFV
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~~A month later~~946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡikNKlcmiy9
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The rain poured hard over the gathering, and as everyone talked about the life of Diana Forbes, Harper sat in the front closest to the casket holding Scrump in her arms, petting the patchwork that the deceased worked so hard to fix. She stands quietly walking up to the casket and closing her eyes as tears shed blending in with the raindrops. She opens the casket careful to protect Diana from the rain as Harper placed Scrump in her arms.946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGzFc87hVQn
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"You're the only one who deserves my tears." She sniffed, "I miss you, mom..." The heartbroken girl closes the casket before leaving the gathering knowing that she could not handle watching the burial.946Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyM3BRCHRJ5
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