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She sighed and stared at her rough gnarled hands.<\/p>\n
Her lips twitched as her nervous tongue tried to moisten their cracked surface.<\/p>\n
Her empty, pain-glazed eyes darted around, not focusing on anything in particular.<\/p>\n
She rubbed the back of her neck as she shifted her weight from one foot to the other.<\/p>\n
Her soul bunched itself into a fetal position in a bid to ward off the sulphurous words that lacerated it.<\/p>\n
Her mind still reeled from the heavy demands and accusations that rained upon her.<\/p>\n
They were like blocks of lead breaking her already bent back and shoving her to the ground.<\/p>\n
She tried with all her willpower to get back on her feet again.<\/p>\n
Sweat ran down her furrowed brow.<\/p>\n
Her breath became choppy as it tried to climb out of her constricted chest.<\/p>\n
She frantically grabbed her chest.<\/p>\n
She had to reign in her emotions.<\/p>\n
She inhaled laboriously.\u00a0<\/p>\n
A hissing sound emanated from her clenched jaws as she exhaled.<\/p>\n
After a couple of excruciating minutes, her heartbeat became regular.\u00a0<\/p>\n
She breathed steadily.<\/p>\n
The fog of anguish that filled her mind started dissipating.<\/p>\n
“I will be fine, and I will overcome this,” she vowed to herself.<\/p>\n
A steely determination lighted up her eyes.<\/p>\n
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\u00a0 She sighed and stared at her rough gnarled hands. Her lips twitched as her nervous tongue tried to moisten their cracked surface. Her empty, pain-glazed eyes darted around, not focusing on anything in particular. She rubbed the back of her neck as she shifted her weight from one foot to the other. Her soul … <\/p>\n