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Recognizing the Outside

Anna didn’t miss Randy’s expression, & she looked up at Jack puzzled. Jack however, was staring at Randy with fierce eyes. “Randy? Can I talk to you in the back, for a moment?” Jack said sharply. Randy quickly opened a door that led to ‘the back’ & Jack followed & slammed the door behind him. Anna stood in the front room bewildered. “I haven’t even said a word to this man! What could he have against me..” her thoughts stopped as she caught a glimpse of herself in a mirror hanging on the wall. Her mouth nearly fell open when she realized how disgusting she looked. Her thick brown curly hair was nowhere near tamed as it was pulled unwillingly into a bun. Her jeans had black stains & holes around the knees…from where she’d fell to the ground last night? Her shirt had a large stain torwards the bottom of it, & she couldn’t remember where it’d came from. Her eyes looked black and purple around the bottom as Jack had said, & this was extremely visible compared to how pale white her skin was. “Is that me?”

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