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CONTRAST 1989
"Do you know what you've done?" pinning
JUlie in a comer. "Are you satisfied now? You
slut! You ruined both our lives. Why?!? I didn't
bring you up to be some cheap whore. I could
kill youll" .
"Mother! Please stop!!"
She swings the bottle at Julie's head.
Julie sits up in bed, sweat dripping off her
face. Her pulse is rapid and her breath quick,
. but her nightmare is over.
"My God," she whispers to herself. "How
do I tell my mother that I'm pregnant."
"Youjust did," says her mother standing
in the doorway.
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