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He shuffles the papers and stares at me over his silver wire-rimmed glasses, and looks at me with a tired expression.431Please respect copyright.PENANAmysOiVKGBP
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If he's tired, then I'm exhausted. We've been sitting in this room for an hour, and I have told him everything that I remember about that night.431Please respect copyright.PENANAJPRB72c2sc
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It was dark then, and the snow was coming down hard, and I had been drinking.431Please respect copyright.PENANAIxfPoebF4D
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I hear the pen scratching against the paper, but I don't look at him. Instead, I look at the floor, at the small ball of dust collecting there, and I step on it.431Please respect copyright.PENANAen4VCT7Ha5
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"Leah," he says calmly. "What happened next?"431Please respect copyright.PENANAVeUTWjeXlm
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I tell him what happened after. After the car slammed into the man's body. After it spun so much I thought it wouldn't stop. But then it did, and I could breathe.431Please respect copyright.PENANAmHAbCqndTy
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I could breathe and I was alive.431Please respect copyright.PENANAzgucY1ft60
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I could breathe and I was alive and whole.431Please respect copyright.PENANApN9HmoJCId
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I look at my lawyer, my heart pounding in my chest, and whisper, "I didn't mean to kill him."431Please respect copyright.PENANA39FADF2OSL