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She closes her eyes and takes a<br />
deep breath that fills her body.<br />
She sits for a moment and<br />
registers what just happened.<br />
The woman snaps her eyes<br />
open suddenly. She stares<br />
down at her hand and realizes<br />
she is holding a full, not<br />
empty, syringe. With little<br />
time to react, she hears the<br />
sound of her kids coming<br />
through the front door.<br />
Marabou quickly exits the<br />
bathtub and disposes of the<br />
syringe. Marabou looks<br />
around frantic and confused.<br />
She is alone in the room and<br />
there is no sign of the man who<br />
intervened before the<br />
unspeakable could happen.<br />
Marabou looks in the mirror.<br />
She is different. The lines that<br />
creased her brow before have<br />
diminished and the sorrow in<br />
her heart replaced with hope.<br />
The woman looks back at the<br />
bathtub and smiles gently.
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