08/03/2026 05:09

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She felt numb, outside herself, wanting this to end but lacking any power to halt it. I told you I have a strong instinct to live. It was my grief, my anger—too great to be shared—too great to be diluted by telling him. Charlotte sensed poverty seething beneath the thin varnish of wealth… ghostly queu

I cannot truthfully say that I regret what Kristian did to me. Monstrous. However, it seems that I am unable to avoid doing so. It's a hard world and she had to learn how to live in it.