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My name is Nina.
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I was staying at my older sister's house.
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In the middle of the night, I walked into the master bedroom.
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I knew she wasn't home.
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I slipped into his bed.
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It was my dark desire.
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I am 22 years old.
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My sister is 28.
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Her name is Clara.
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His name is David.
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This is my story.
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It is a story about a big mistake.
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It is a story about being lost.
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And it is a story about finding the right path.
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When I was young, I was a good girl.
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I listened to my parents.
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I did my homework.
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I loved my sister her.
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Clara was always the smart one.
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Clara was always the pretty one.
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She did everything right.
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She went to a good university.
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She got a good job.
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She bought a big house.
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And she found a good man.
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I was different.
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I was always lost.
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I did not know what to do with my life.
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I went to a small school.
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I did not like it.
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I left school early.
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I tried to work.
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I had many jobs.
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I worked in a shop.
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I worked in a restaurant.
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But I always lost my job.
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I was not focused.
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I was always dreaming.
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One day, I lost my job again.
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I had no money.
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I had no home.
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I was living in a very small apartment.
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The owner said I had to leave.
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I was scared.
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I was very sad.
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I cried for two days.
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I did not want to call Clara.
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I was ashamed.
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But I had no choice.
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I called her.
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Clara, I said, I need help.
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Clara was a good sister.
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She did not yell at me.
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She did not say bad things.
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She just said, come here, come to my house.
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You can stay with us.
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I took my small bag.
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I took a bus to her city.
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She lived in a very nice city.
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The streets were clean.
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The houses were big.
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I arrived at her house.
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It was beautiful.
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It had a white door.
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It had a green garden.
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There were red flowers by the door.
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I felt very small.
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I felt very poor.
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Clara opened the door she smiled.
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She hugged me.
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Welcome, Nina, she said.
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Then I saw him.
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David.
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He was Clara's husband.
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He stood behind her.
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He was tall.
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He had dark hair.
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He had kind eyes.
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He smiled at me.
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Hello, Nina, he said.
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His voice was deep and soft.
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Welcome to our home.
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I felt a strange feeling in my heart.
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It was a fast beat.
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I did not know why.
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I just smiled and looked at the floor.
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Thank you, I said.
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They gave me a nice room.
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It was upstairs.
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It had a big window.
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The bed was soft.
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The sheets were white and clean.
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I lay on the bed.
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I looked at the ceiling.
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I thought about my life.
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My life was a mess.
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But this house was perfect.
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Clara was perfect.
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David was perfect.
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I wanted a life like this.
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I wanted a house like this.
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Days passed.
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Weeks passed.
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I lived in their house.
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I did not find a job.
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I just stayed home.
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Clara worked hard.
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She left the house early in the morning.
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She came back late at night.
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David worked from home.
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He had an office in the house.
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He worked on his computer.
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I was alone with David all day.
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In the morning, he made coffee.
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He always made a cup for me.
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Here you go, Nina, he said.
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Have a good day.
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He was always kind.
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He always asked about my feelings.
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Are you okay today, he asked.
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Do you need anything?
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I watched him.
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I watched him drink his coffee.
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I watched him look out the window.
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I watched him laugh when he talked on the phone.
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He was a very good man.
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He loved Clara very much.
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He talked about her all the time.
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Clara is amazing, he said.
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Clara works so hard.
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I felt jealous.
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I felt very, very jealous.
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Why did Clara have everything?
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She had money.
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She had a house.
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She had David.
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What did I have?
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Nothing.
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I had an empty bag and an empty heart.
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The jealousy grew.
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It became a dark thing inside me.
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I started to look at David in a different way.
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I did not look at him like a brother.
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I looked at him like a man.
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I wanted him to look at me.
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I wanted him to say my name with love.
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I wanted him to hold my hand.
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I wanted him to be mine.
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This was my dark desire.
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I knew it was wrong.
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I knew it was very, very wrong.
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Clara was my sister.
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She helped me.
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She gave me a bed.
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She gave me food.
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I was a bad person to think these things.
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I told myself, stop it, Nina.
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Stop looking at him.
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But I could not stop.
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My mind was sick.
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My heart was confused.
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Sometimes, I wore pretty dresses in the house.
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I put on a little makeup.
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I walked past his office.
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I wanted him to see me.
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He always looked up.
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He smiled.
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You look nice today, Nina, he said.
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Are you going out?
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No, I said, just staying home.
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He went back to work.
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He did not care.
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He did not see me that way.
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But his smile made my heart beat fast.
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I lived for his smile.
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One day, Clara came home.
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She looked tired.
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She sat on the sofa.
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I have to travel, she said.
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I have a big project for work.
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I have to go to another city for three days.
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My heart jumped.
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Three days.
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She will be gone for three days.
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David kissed her.
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It is okay, honey, he said.
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Nina and I will be fine.
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You do your work. Be safe.
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Thank you, Clara said.
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She looked at me.
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Nina, be a good girl.
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Help David with the house.
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I will, I said.
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My voice was very quiet.
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The next morning, Clara packed her bag.
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We walked her to the car she hugged david she kissed
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him for a long time i watched them it hurt my eyes it hurt my heart
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then she hugged me by little sister she said by clara i said her car drove away She was gone.
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David turned to me.
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Well, he said, it is just us.
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What do you want for dinner tonight?
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Pasta, I said.
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Okay, he said.
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I will make my special pasta.
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He smiled and went inside.
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I stood in the garden.
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The sun was hot.
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I felt a strange fire inside me.
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This was my chance.
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My crazy, sick mind thought this was my chance.
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I was alone with him.
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I thought maybe he liked me too.
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I thought maybe he was just hiding it.
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I was very young.
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I was very stupid.
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I did not know anything about real love.
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Evening came.
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The house was quiet it.
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David cooked dinner.
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We sat at the table.
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We ate the pasta.
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It was very good.
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We drank a little wine.
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We talked about small things.
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We talked about the weather.
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We talked about movies.
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He laughed.
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I laughed.
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It was a nice night.
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But he was just being a good host.
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He was just being nice to his wife's sister.
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I did not see the truth.
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I saw what I wanted to see.
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I thought his smile meant something else.
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After dinner, we washed the dishes.
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Then we went to the living room.
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We watched a movie on TV.
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I sat on the sofa.
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He sat on the other sofa.
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I wanted him to sit next to me, but he did not.
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At ten o 'clock, he stood up.
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I am tired, he said.
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I am going to bed.
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Good night, Nina.
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Good night, David.
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I said.
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He walked up the stairs.
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I heard his door close.
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The house was completely silent.
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I sat on the sofa for a long time.
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The movie ended.
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The TV screen went black.
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The room was dark.
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My mind was racing.
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My heart was pounding.
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I thought about him up there.
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I thought about the big master bedroom Do it, a voice in my head said Go to him,
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he wants you It was a lie, but I believed the lie I stood up,
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my legs felt heavy The house was cold I walked to the stairs I walked up the stairs,
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step by step My bare feet made no sound I reached the top of the stairs the hallway was very dark
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there was a little light from the moon coming through the
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window I walked down the hall I passed my room I did not stop I walked to the master bedroom
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I stood in front of the door my hand was shaking I reached for the door handle it was cold
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I turned it slowly.
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It made a small click.
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I pushed the door open.
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The room was dark.
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The curtains were closed.
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But I could see the big bed.
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I could see him.
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He was sleeping.
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He was lying on his side.
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His back was turned to me.
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The room smelled like Clara's perfume and David's soap.
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I walked into the room.
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I closed the door behind me.
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I did not make a sound.
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I took a deep breath.
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I walked to his side of the bed.
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I lifted the heavy blanket.
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I slipped into his bed.
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The bed was warm.
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I lay down next to him.
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I did not touch him.
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I just lay there.
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I could hear him breathing.
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In and out.
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In and out.
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My own breath was very fast.
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I closed my eyes.
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I felt a crazy happiness.
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I was here.
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I was with him.
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But then he moved.
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He felt the bed move.
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He felt the cold air from the lifted blanket it.
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He turned over.
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His arm touched my shoulder.
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He stopped.
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The breathing stopped.
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Suddenly, he sat up.
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He turned on the small lamp next to the bed.
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The light was very bright.
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It hurt my eyes.
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He looked at me.
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His eyes were wide.
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His face was white.
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He was in complete shock.
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Nina, he said.
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His voice was a whisper.
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It was full of fear.
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What are you doing?
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I did not speak.
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I could not speak.
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My mouth was dry.
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The crazy happiness was gone.
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It was gone in one second.
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Now, there was only fear.
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Nina, what is wrong?
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He asked.
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Are you sick?
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Did you have a bad dream?
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He thought I was a scared child.
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He did not understand.
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I looked at him.
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I had to say the truth.
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No, I said.
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I am not sick.
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I wanted to be here. With you.
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Silence.
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A terrible, heavy silence filled the room.
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I watched his face change.
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The shock went away.
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The fear went away.
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Now there was anger, deep, cold anger.
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He got out of the bed very fast.
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He stood up.
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He pointed to the door.
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Get out, he said.
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His voice was not loud.
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But it was very hard.
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It was like a knife.
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David, I, I started to speak.
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Get out, he said louder.
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Get out of this bed.
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Get out of this room.
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Right now.
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He was disgusted.
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He looked at me like I was a monster.
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He looked at me like I was dirty.
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I jumped out of the bed.
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I felt sick to my stomach.
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I felt a terrible shame.
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A hot, burning shame covered my body.
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What did I do?
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Oh my God, what did I do?
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I ruined everything.
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I ran to the door.
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I opened it.
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Nina, he said from behind me.
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I stopped.
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I did not look back.
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Do not ever do that again.
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You are Clara's sister.
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Pack your bags.
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I want you out of this house by tomorrow morning.
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I ran to my room.
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I slammed the door.
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I fell on my bed.
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I cried.
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I cried louder than I ever cried in my life.
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I hit my pillow.
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I hated myself.
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I was so stupid.
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I was so blind.
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He loved Clara.
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He only loved Clara.
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He never looked at me.
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It was all in my head.
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My dark desire destroyed my life.
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I did not wait for the morning.
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I could not face him again.
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I could not look at his angry eyes.
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I took my small bag.
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I put my few clothes inside.
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I did not fold them.
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I just pushed them in.
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I took my jacket.
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I had a little money in my pocket.
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Not much.
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Just enough for a train ticket.
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I went downstairs.
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The house was very quiet again.
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But it did not feel like a safe home anymore.
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It felt cold.
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It felt angry.
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I found a piece of paper.
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I found a pen.
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I wrote a note.
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I am sorry.
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I am so sorry.
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Tell Clara I am sorry.
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I will never come back.
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I left the note on the kitchen table.
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I opened the front door.
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I walked out into the night.
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The air was very cold.
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The wind blew my hair.
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I walked down the street I did not look back at
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the beautiful house I walked to the train station it was very far my feet hurt but I walked fast
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I wanted to run away from myself I arrived at the
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station it was empty only one man was selling tickets where to he asked he looked tired Anywhere, I said.
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A big city far from here.
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He gave me a ticket.
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I gave him all my money.
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I had only coins left.
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I sat on a hard bench.
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I waited.
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At 3 .00 a .m., a train came.
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I got on the train.
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I found an empty seat.
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I sat down by the window.
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The train moved.
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It went faster and faster.
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The city lights disappeared.
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We went into the dark country.
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I looked out the window.
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I saw nothing but darkness.
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I put my head against the cold glass.
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I cried silently I was alone I was really alone now
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I had no sister I had no home I was a
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bad person running away in the night the train ride was
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very long morning came the sun rose it painted the sky pink
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and orange it was a beautiful morning but I felt very ugly inside.
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The train stopped at a big station.
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It was a huge city.
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I got off the train.
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The station was full of people.
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People walking fast.
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People talking loudly.
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People drinking coffee.
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Nobody looked at me.
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Nobody cared about me.
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I liked it.
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I want it to be invisible.
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I walked out of the station.
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The buildings were very tall.
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The streets were very busy.
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Cars were everywhere.
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The noise was very loud.
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I walked for hours.
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I was hungry.
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I was thirsty.
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But I had no money for food.
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I needed a place to sleep.
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I needed a job.
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I went to a poor part of the city.
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The houses were old.
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The streets were dirty.
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I saw a sign on a window.
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It said, Room for rent.
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Cheap.
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I knocked on the door.
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An old woman opened it.
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She had gray hair and soft eyes.
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She wore an old dress.
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Yes, she asked.
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I saw the sign, I said.
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I need a room.
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She looked at me from head to toe.
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You look tired, child, she said.
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Come in.
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Her name was Mrs. Green.
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Her house was very old.
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It smelled like soup and old books.
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She showed me the room.
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It was tiny.
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It had a small bed, a small chair, and a small window.
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The walls were yellow.
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The floor was hard.
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It is $50 a week, she said.
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I have no money today, I said.
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I looked down.
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I felt ashamed.
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But I will find a job today.
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I promise.
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I am a hard worker.
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I will pay you tomorrow.
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Mrs. Green looked at me.
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She saw my sadness.
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okay she said you can stay tonight
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but you must pay me tomorrow I am not a rich woman thank you I said thank you
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so much I sat on the small bed it was not like Clara's house it was hard and cold.
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But it was mine.
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I was safe here.
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I did not rest.
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I washed my face with cold water.
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I walked out of the house.
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I had to find a job.
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I walked to many shops.
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I went to a grocery store.
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Do you need a worker?
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I asked.
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No, the man said.
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I went to a flower shop.
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Do you need help?
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I asked.
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No, the lady said.
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I went to five different restaurants.
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They all said no. My feet were bleeding.
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My stomach was making loud noises.
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I was so hungry.
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I wanted to cry again, but I stopped myself.
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Crying does not buy bread.
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Crying does not pay for a room.
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Then I saw a small cafe.
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It looked very busy.
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Many people were drinking coffee and eating cakes.
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The sign said, Leo's Cafe.
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There was a piece of paper on the door, it said, dishwasher wanted.
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Start today.
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I pushed the door open.
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A bell rang.
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The smell of coffee was wonderful.
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I walked to the counter.
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A big man with a beard was there.
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He looked very busy.
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He was making coffee very fast.
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Excuse me, I said.
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Yes, what do you want?
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He asked.
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He did not look at me.
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I am here for the job.
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The dishwasher job.
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He stopped making coffee.
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He looked at me.
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He looked at my small hands.
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He looked at my tired face.
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It is hard work, he said.
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It is dirty work.
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The water is hot.
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The plates are heavy.
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Can you do it?
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Yes, I said.
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My voice was strong.
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I can do anything.
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Please, I need this job.
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He wiped his hands on a towel.
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Okay, my name is Leo.
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Go to the back.
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There is an apron on the wall.
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Put it on.
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Start washing.
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I will pay you at the end of the day.
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Thank you, Leo, I said.
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I went to the back room.
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The kitchen was hot.
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There was a mountain of dirty plates and cups in the sink.
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I put on the apron.
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I turned on the hot water.
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I started to wash.
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I washed plates.
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I washed cups.
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I washed big, heavy pots.
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My hands became red.
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My back started to hurt.
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The steam burned my face.
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But I did not stop.
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I washed for six hours.
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I did not take a break.
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At the end of the day, Leo came to the back.
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He looked at the empty sink.
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He looked at the clean plates.
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He nodded.
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You are a good worker, he said.
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He gave me some money.
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Come back tomorrow at seven in the morning.
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He also gave me a sandwich.
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Eat this, he said you look too thin thank you I said I took the money and the sandwich
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I walked back to Mrs. Green's house it was dark now
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the city was scary at night but I walked fast I went to my small room I ate the sandwich
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it was the best food I ever tasted I gave the rent money to Mrs. Green Good girl, she said.
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She smiled at me.
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I lay on the hard bed.
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Every bone in my body hurt.
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My hands were burning.
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But for the first time in my life, I felt proud.
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I worked hard.
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I earned my own money.
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I paid my own rent.
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I did not ask Clara for anything.
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The days became weeks.
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The weeks became months.
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My life was very simple.
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I woke up at six in the morning.
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The room was always cold.
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I washed my face.
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I walked to the cafe.
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I put on my apron.
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I washed dishes all day.
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I swept the floor.
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I cleaned the tables.
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It was very hard work.
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My hands became rough.
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I had cuts on my fingers.
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My feet always ached, but my mind was quiet.
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Hard work is good medicine.
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When you are very tired, you cannot think about bad things.
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You cannot think about dark desires.
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You just sleep.
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I made a friend at the cafe.
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Her name was Anna.
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She was a waitress.
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She was my age.
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She had bright red hair and a very loud laugh.
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Anna was always happy.
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She talked to everyone.
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She knew all the customers.
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One day, I was eating my lunch in the back room.
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Anna came in.
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She sat next to me.
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Hi, Nina, she said.
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You always sit alone.
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Why are you so quiet?
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I am just tired, I said.
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You work too hard, she said.
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She gave me an apple.
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Here, you need fruit.
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You are too pale.
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Thank you, I said.
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We started to talk.
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Anna told me about her life.
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She had a big family.
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They were loud.
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they loved music she asked about my family my heart felt heavy i looked at the apple
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i have a sister i said where does she live anna asked far away i said we do not talk
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anna looked at me she saw i was sad she did not ask more questions she was a good friend Well,
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she said, you have me now.
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We are friends.
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I smiled.
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It was my first real smile in a long time.
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Yes, we are friends.
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Having a friend made life better.
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Anna made me laugh.
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Sometimes, after work, we walked in the park.
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We watched the birds.
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We ate cheap ice cream.
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she taught me how to talk to people i was very shy
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but anna helped me leo saw that i was doing better
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one day he came to the sink nina he said you are too fast the sink is always empty wash your hands
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put on a clean shirt you are going to be a waitress today anna will teach you I was scared,
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but I do not know how to talk to customers.
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I am shy.
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You will learn, Leo said, go.
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So I became a waitress.
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It was harder than washing dishes.
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I had to smile.
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I had to talk.
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I had to remember orders.
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At first, I made mistakes.
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I dropped a cup.
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I gave the wrong cake to an old man.
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But people were kind.
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Anna helped me.
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Smile, Nina, Anna said.
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A smile fixes everything.
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I learned to smile.
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I learned to say, good morning.
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What can I get for you?
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I started to like the customers.
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They were interesting.
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I liked watching them.
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Then autumn came.
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The leaves on the trees turned yellow and brown.
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The air became cold.
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People bought more hot coffee.
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The cafe was very busy.
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One rainy Tuesday, a man walked into the cafe.
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He was wearing a brown coat.
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He was wet from the rain.
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He carried a book.
682
He had kind eyes and a gentle face.
683
He was not very handsome, but he looked very safe.
684
He sat at a table by the window.
685
I walked to his table.
686
I had a menu in my hand.
687
Good morning, I said.
688
What can I get for you?
689
He looked up from his book.
690
He looked at me.
691
His eyes were very warm.
692
Just a black coffee, please, he said.
693
His voice was calm.
694
Okay, I said, coming right up.
695
I brought him his coffee.
696
He thanked me.
697
He sat there for two hours.
698
He read his book.
699
He drank his coffee slowly.
700
Before he left, he looked at me again.
701
He smiled.
702
It was a real smile, not a polite smile like David's.
703
It was a smile just for me.
704
I felt a warm feeling in my chest.
705
But then, I remembered my past.
706
I remembered the dark room.
707
I remembered the shame.
708
I looked away quickly.
709
I wiped a table very fast.
710
I told myself I was a bad person.
711
I did not deserve a good man.
712
The man came back the next day.
713
He came back every day.
714
His name was Tom.
715
He was a teacher at a school near the cafe.
716
He taught history.
717
He loved books.
718
He loved coffee.
719
And slowly, I realized he liked me.
720
Every day, we talked a little more.
721
What is your name?
722
He asked one day.
723
Nina, I said.
724
Nina, he repeated.
725
That is a beautiful name.
726
My face became very hot.
727
I smiled.
728
Thank you.
729
Tom was different from any man I knew.
730
He was not rich.
731
He did not have a big house.
732
He lived in a small apartment full of books.
733
But he was deeply kind.
734
He listened to me.
735
When I spoke, he really listened.
736
He did not look at his phone.
737
He looked at my eyes.
738
Winter came.
739
Snow covered the city streets.
740
It was very cold outside, but inside the cafe, it was warm.
741
One evening, my shift finished at six o 'clock.
742
It was dark and snowing.
743
I put on my coat.
744
I walked out of the cafe way.
745
Tom was standing outside.
746
He was wearing a hat and a scarf.
747
Snow was on his shoulders.
748
Tom, I said, what are you doing here?
749
I was waiting for you, he said.
750
He looked a little nervous.
751
I wanted to ask you, would you like to have dinner with me?
752
Real dinner?
753
Not just a cafe sandwich.
754
My heart jumped.
755
Part of me wanted to say yes.
756
Part of me wanted to shout yes.
757
But the dark shadow in my heart woke up.
758
I remembered Clara.
759
I remembered David's angry face.
760
I am bad, I thought.
761
I will ruin him too.
762
If I can't, I said.
763
I looked down at the snow.
764
I am sorry.
765
I started to walk away.
766
Tom walked next to me.
767
Nina, wait, he said.
768
Did I do something wrong?
769
No, I said quickly.
770
You are perfect.
771
You are very kind.
772
But I am not.
773
What do you mean, he asked.
774
I stopped.
775
I looked at him.
776
The street light hit his face.
777
The snow was falling around us.
778
You don't know me, Tom.
779
You don't know who I am.
780
I did bad things.
781
I am a bad person.
782
I do not want to hurt you.
783
Tom did not run away.
784
He did not look angry.
785
He just looked sad for me.
786
He took a step closer.
787
Nina, everyone has a past.
788
Everyone makes mistakes.
789
I am a teacher.
790
I see children make mistakes every day.
791
They learn.
792
They grow.
793
You are not a bad person.
794
I see how you work.
795
I see how you smile at the old lady who comes on Fridays days.
796
I see how you help, Lana.
797
I see a good, kind woman.
798
His words made me want to cry.
799
Nobody ever called me a good, kind woman.
800
Please, he said softly.
801
Just dinner, one dinner.
802
We can just talk.
803
I looked into his warm eyes.
804
I felt safe.
805
Okay, I said, just dinner.
806
We went to a small Italian restaurant.
807
It was warm and smelled like garlic and bread.
808
We ate pizza.
809
We talked for hours.
810
Tom told me about his childhood.
811
He grew up in a farm.
812
He loved animals.
813
He told funny stories.
814
I laughed a lot.
815
I felt happy.
816
I felt light.
817
That night was the beginning.
818
We started to spend all our free time together.
819
On Sundays, we went to the museum.
820
We walked by the river.
821
We fed bread to the ducks.
822
We watched the snow melt and the spring come.
823
Spring brought green leaves and flowers.
824
It also brought love.
825
I was falling in love with Tom.
826
It was not a crazy, dark feeling like I had for David.
827
It was not jealousy.
828
It was a slow, quiet, warm love.
829
It was built on truth.
830
It was built on friendship.
831
But I had a heavy rock in my heart.
832
The rock was my secret it.
833
Tom did not know about Clara.
834
Tom did not know about the bed.
835
I knew I had to tell him.
836
I could not build a life with him on a lie.
837
If he loved me, he had to know the ugly truth.
838
If he left me, then I deserved it.
839
One Saturday night, I invited Tom to my small room.
840
Mrs. Green was reading downstairs.
841
I made tea on my small stove.
842
Tom sat on the only chair.
843
I sat on the bed.
844
The room was very quiet.
845
I gave him his tea.
846
My hands were shaking a little.
847
Tom, I said.
848
My voice was very small.
849
I need to tell you something.
850
He put down his tea he looked at me.
851
I am listening, Nina.
852
I took a deep breath.
853
I looked at my hands.
854
I could not look at his face.
855
When we met, I told you I did a bad thing.
856
I never told you what it was.
857
I have to tell you now.
858
Before we go any further, You need to know.
859
I started to speak.
860
I spoke slowly.
861
I told him about my past.
862
I told him I was lost and lazy.
863
I told him about Clara.
864
I told him how she saved me.
865
I told him about the beautiful house.
866
Then I told him about David.
867
I was jealous, I said.
868
Tears started to fall from my eyes.
869
They fell on my hands.
870
I wanted her life.
871
I wanted her husband.
872
My mind was sick.
873
I made myself believe he wanted me too.
874
I told him about the night Clara left.
875
I told him about the dark hallway.
876
I told him about the door.
877
I walked into their room, I whispered.
878
I was crying hard now.
879
I slipped into his bed.
880
I waited for Tom to yell.
881
I waited for him to stand up and leave.
882
I waited for the same anger I saw in David's face.
883
He woke up.
884
I continued, crying.
885
He was so angry.
886
He told me to get out.
887
He was disgusted.
888
I ran away.
889
I ran away like a coward.
890
I broke my sister's heart.
891
I ruined my family.
892
I am a terrible, ugly person inside cried.
893
I covered my face with my hands.
894
I cried and cried.
895
The heavy rock in my heart broke open.
896
All the pain, all the shame, all the sadness poured out.
897
The room was completely silent.
898
I just heard my own crying.
899
Then I felt a hand on my knee.
900
I looked up.
901
Tom was sitting on the bed next to me.
902
He was not angry.
903
His face was full of deep sadness and love.
904
He took my wet hands in his warm hands.
905
Nina, he said softly, look at me.
906
I looked into his eyes.
907
You did a bad thing.
908
Yes, it was a terrible mistake.
909
It was wrong.
910
He spoke the truth.
911
He did not lie to me.
912
But you are not a terrible person.
913
How can you say that?
914
I cried.
915
Because a terrible person does not cry like this, he said.
916
A terrible person does not run away in shame.
917
A terrible person does not work as a dishwasher for months to pay her own rent.
918
A terrible person does not punish herself every single day.
919
He wiped a tear from my cheek with his thumb.
920
You are a lost, sick, confused girl, he said.
921
But you are not that girl anymore.
922
You grew up, Nina.
923
You worked hard.
924
You learned how to be honest.
925
You learned how to be kind.
926
The woman sitting in front of me is a good woman.
927
And I love her.
928
My breath stopped.
929
You love me.
930
Yes, he said.
931
He smiled.
932
I love you.
933
And your past does not change that.
934
It only shows me how strong you are.
935
You walked through the dark, and you found the light.
936
He hugged me.
937
He held me tight.
938
I cried into his shoulder.
939
But these were not sad tears.
940
These were tears of relief.
941
The heavy rock was gone.
942
I was forgiven.
943
Not by Clara, but by a good man.
944
And more importantly, I started to forgive myself.
945
But Tom said softly, pulling back to look at me.
946
There is one thing you must do.
947
What, I asked.
948
You must face the past.
949
You must call your sister.
950
I felt a cold fear in my stomach.
951
No, I can't.
952
She hates me.
953
Maybe she does, Tom said.
954
Maybe she will yell at you.
955
But you owe her an apology.
956
You ran away.
957
You left a note.
958
That is not brave.
959
To be truly free, you must face her.
960
You must say sorry, for real.
961
I knew he was right.
962
I was brave enough to work hard.
963
I was brave enough to tell Tom.
964
Now, I had to be brave enough to face Clara.
965
The next day was Sunday.
966
I did not go to work.
967
I went to a public phone box down the street.
968
Tom stood outside the glass door.
969
He smiled at me and nodded.
970
You can do this, his eyes said.
971
I picked up the phone.
972
My hand was shaking so much I dropped the coin twice.
973
Finally, I put the coin in.
974
I dialed Clara's number.
975
I remembered it perfectly.
976
The phone rang.
977
Ring, ring, ring.
978
My heart was beating in my ears.
979
I wanted to hang up.
980
I wanted to run away again.
981
Hello?
982
It was her voice.
983
It was Clara.
984
Her voice sounded older, a little tired.
985
Hello, she said again.
986
Who is this?
987
I opened my mouth.
988
No sound came out.
989
I took a deep breath.
990
Clara, I said, my voice broke.
991
It is Nina.
992
Total silence on the phone.
993
The silence was louder than a scream.
994
It lasted for a long time.
995
I thought she hung up.
996
Nina, she said finally.
997
Her voice was ice cold.
998
Please don't hang up, I begged.
999
Please, Clara.
1000
I just want to say one thing.
1001
Then I will go forever if you want.
1002
More silence.
1003
Then she said, speak.
1004
I am sorry, I said.
1005
I am so, so, so sorry.
1006
I cannot find a big enough word for my sorrow.
1007
I was sick.
1008
I was crazy.
1009
I was jealous of your beautiful life.
1010
I made a terrible, disgusting mistake.
1011
I know I hurt you.
1012
I know I betrayed you.
1013
I ran away because I could not look at your face.
1014
I hated myself.
1015
I still hate what I did.
1016
I stopped to breathe.
1017
I was crying again.
1018
I am not asking you to forgive me, I said.
1019
I do not deserve it.
1020
I just wanted to tell you the truth.
1021
I am working hard now.
1022
I support myself.
1023
I am trying to be a good person.
1024
But I could not move on without saying I am sorry to the sister who loved me.
1025
I waited.
1026
I heard a small sound.
1027
Clara was crying.
1028
Oh, Nina, she sobbed.
1029
The ice in her voice broke.
1030
Clara, please, I cried.
1031
Do you know how worried I was?
1032
She shouted.
1033
She was angry and sad at the same time.
1034
You ran away in the middle of the night.
1035
We called the police.
1036
We looked everywhere for you.
1037
David told me what you did.
1038
I was furious.
1039
I wanted to kill you.
1040
But then days passed.
1041
Weeks passed.
1042
I thought you were dead in a ditch somewhere.
1043
You are my little sister.
1044
I am sorry.
1045
I was a coward.
1046
Yes, you were, she said.
1047
She took a deep breath.
1048
David and I, it was hard.
1049
It caused a big fight.
1050
But we survived it.
1051
We are still together.
1052
We knew you were unstable we knew you were lost i am
1053
so glad you are together i said truly he is a
1054
good man he belongs to you where are you she asked
1055
are you safe are you eating even after everything she was still my big sister she still cared
1056
if i was eating that broke my heart completely i am safe i said I live in the city.
1057
I have a job at a cafe.
1058
I rent a room.
1059
I have a good man who loves me.
1060
I am okay, Clara.
1061
A cafe, she asked softly.
1062
You work?
1063
Yes, I clean.
1064
I serve coffee.
1065
It is hard work, but it is honest.
1066
She sighed.
1067
A long, deep sigh.
1068
I am glad, Nina.
1069
I am glad you are safe.
1070
I cannot forget what you did right now.
1071
It still hurts.
1072
But I don't hate you anymore.
1073
Thank you, Clara.
1074
That is enough for me.
1075
Call me again next month, she said.
1076
We can talk a little more.
1077
I will, I promise.
1078
Goodbye, Nina.
1079
Goodbye, Clara.
1080
I hung up the phone.
1081
I stepped out of the phone box.
1082
The winter sun was shining brightly.
1083
The air was cold and fresh.
1084
Tom opened his arms.
1085
I walked into them.
1086
He held me tight.
1087
I did it, I whispered.
1088
I know, he said.
1089
I am proud of you.
1090
I felt a massive weight lift off my shoulders.
1091
The sky looked bluer.
1092
The snow looked whiter.
1093
I was finally free from my past.
1094
Years have passed since that phone call.
1095
My life is very different now.
1096
I am not 22 anymore.
1097
I am older.
1098
I am wiser.
1099
I still work at Leo's cafe, but I do not wash dishes anymore.
1100
I am the manager.
1101
I run the whole cafe.
1102
Anna is my best waitress.
1103
She is also my best friend.
1104
We laugh every day.
1105
Tom and I are married.
1106
We did not have a big, expensive wedding.
1107
We had a small party at the café.
1108
Clara came.
1109
Yes, my sister came to my wedding.
1110
We hugged for a long time.
1111
David did not come, and that was okay.
1112
I understood.
1113
Clara and I are building our relationship slowly.
1114
It is like a small plant.
1115
We water it carefully.
1116
Tom and I live in a nice, small apartment.
1117
It is full of books and plants.
1118
We have a simple life.
1119
We work.
1120
We cook dinner together.
1121
We talk.
1122
We love each other very much.
1123
It is not a perfectly easy life.
1124
We worry about money sometimes.
1125
We get tired.
1126
But it is a true life.
1127
It is my life.
1128
I earned it.
1129
I learned a very big lesson.
1130
You cannot steal happiness.
1131
You cannot look at another person's life and take it.
1132
Dark desires only lead to destruction.
1133
They burn down everything good.
1134
real happiness is built slowly it is built with hard work
1135
it is built with honesty it is built by looking in the mirror
1136
and accepting who you are the good parts and the bad parts
1137
if you are listening to my story maybe you feel lost maybe you are jealous of someone else
1138
maybe you did a bad thing
1139
and you feel terrible shame maybe you think you are a
1140
bad person listen to me you can chain you can make mistakes everyone makes mistakes some mistakes are very big
1141
but your mistakes do not define your whole life you can stop you can turn around you can start working hard.
1142
You can build something new.
1143
It takes time.
1144
It takes bravery.
1145
You have to face the people you hurt.
1146
You have to face yourself.
1147
But you can do it.
1148
Do not take the easy road.
1149
Do not give in to dark desires.
1150
Choose the hard road.
1151
The hard road makes you strong.
1152
The truth makes you free.
1153
You can do this too.
1154
Keep going.
1155
Keep working.
1156
The light is waiting for you at the end of the dark hallway.
1157
You just have to walk towards it, open the right door, and step into your own beautiful life.
1158
Thank you for listening to my story.
1159
I am Nina.
1160
And I am finally happy.
1161
Thank you.
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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson
This video has 1161 sentences and 6657 words to shadow. The speech runs for 54:26. The speaker talks at a steady 122 words per minute, a comfortable pace for shadowing. 81% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English; the rest is worth studying before you start.
Key vocabulary in this video
15 words from the video worth learning, with pronunciation and meaning:
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| wash verb | /wɑʃ/ | To clean with water. |
| silence noun | /ˈsaɪ̯ləns/ | The absence of any sound. |
| jealous adjective | /ˈd͡ʒɛl.əs/ | Suspecting rivalry in love; troubled by worries that one might have been replaced in someone's affections; suspicious of a lover's or spouse's fidelity. |
| hug verb | /hʌɡ/ | To cling closely together. |
| happiness noun | /ˈhæpinɪs/ | The emotion of being happy; joy; elation. |
| tear verb | /tɛɹ/ | To rend (a solid material) by holding or restraining in two places and pulling apart, whether intentionally or not; to destroy or separate. |
| brave adjective | /bɹeɪv/ | Strong in the face of fear; courageous. |
| dish noun | /dɪʃ/ | A vessel such as a plate for holding or serving food, often flat with a depressed region in the middle. |
| sink verb | /ˈsɪŋk/ | To descend or submerge (or to cause to do so) into a liquid or similar substance. |
| stairs noun | /ˈstɛɹz/ | A contiguous set of steps connecting two floors. |
| sandwich noun | /ˈsæn(d).wɪd͡ʒ/ | A dish or foodstuff where at least one piece, but typically two or more pieces, of bread serves as the wrapper or container of some other food. |
| sofa noun | /ˈsoʊ̯fə/ | An upholstered seat with a raised back and one or two raised ends, long enough to comfortably accommodate two or more people. |
| softly adverb | /ˈsɔftli/ | In a soft manner; gently. |
| waitress noun | /ˈweɪ.tɹɪs/ | A female attendant who serves customers in a restaurant, café, or similar. |
| bedroom noun | /ˈbɛdˌɹum/ | A room in a house, apartment, hotel, or other dwelling where a bed is kept for sleeping. |
Phrasal verbs you will hear
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| run away verb | To flee by running. |
| come back verb | To return to a place. |
| get out verb | To leave or escape. |
| get out of verb | To leave, exit or escape from; to become free of. |
| stand up verb | To rise from a lying or sitting position. |
| go away verb | To depart or leave a place. |
| hang up verb | To put up to hang. |
| look out verb | To be vigilant and aware often as an imperative to alert a person to danger. |
Grammar in this video
The structures the speaker uses most, with the exact words from the video:
| Structure | In the video |
|---|---|
| Passive voice be + past participle — the focus is on what happens, not who does it | being lost · was always lost · were closed |
| Past continuous was/were + -ing — an action in progress at a moment in the past | was staying · was always dreaming · was living |
| Verb + -ing enjoy, keep, stop… + -ing — verbs that are followed by the -ing form | Stop looking · stopped making · Start washing |
| Comparatives -er than / more … than — comparing two things | louder than · harder than |
Pronunciation to watch
The speaker uses 7 contractions and reduced forms, such as don't, can't, wasn't. Say them the short way, as you hear them.
- The “th” sounds: breathe /bɹiːð/, thin /ˈθɪn/, thumb /ˈθʌm/, thirsty /ˈθɝs.ti/
- The “sh” and “zh” sounds: wash /wɑʃ/, dish /dɪʃ/, shake /ˈʃeɪk/, shock /ʃɔk/, ashamed /əˈʃeɪmd/
- Long words — get the stress right: importantly /ɪmˈpɔɹ.tənt.li/, invisible /ɪnˈvɪzəb(ə)l/, apology /əˈpɑ.lə.d͡ʒi/
How to practise with this video
- Listen to the whole video once without speaking and note the words you do not know.
- Shadow it sentence by sentence at normal speed, repeating each one until your rhythm matches the speaker.
- Record yourself and compare with the original, paying attention to words like wash, silence, jealous.
What is the Shadowing Technique?
Shadowing is a science-backed language learning technique originally developed for professional interpreter training and popularized by polyglot Dr. Alexander Arguelles. The method is simple but powerful: you listen to native English audio and immediately repeat it out loud — like a shadow following the speaker with just a 1–2 second delay. Unlike passive listening or grammar drills, shadowing forces your brain and mouth muscles to simultaneously process and reproduce real speech patterns. Research shows it significantly improves pronunciation accuracy, intonation, rhythm, connected speech, listening comprehension, and speaking fluency — making it one of the most effective methods for IELTS Speaking preparation and real-world English communication.