"But what else can I do, other than to plead with you like this? Other than to write down my story, our story, to show you that what you've done . . . to make you realize that what you did wasn't fair, wasn't right."

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Source : Lucy Christopher (2014). “Stolen”, p.254, Scholastic Inc.

Lucy Christopher

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