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Author: Clevee
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9. P.m

The rain was falling heavily, pattering rooftops and slamming loose windows hard. Amos stumbled through, his cloth drenched, clinging to his form like a second skin. The harsh cold and rain droplets bit his skin like thorns, but he didn't stop. The thought of his daughter filled his mind as he ran through the storm.

He stumbled in, pushing the rusted gate with desperate force. The premises of the tenement pooled with water, splashing mid-air on Amos' trouser as he blindly hurried to his apartment, but he froze mid-steps just before he got to the porch of his apartment.

His heart missed one beat as he narrowed his eyes, taking in the silhouette of his daughter on the veranda.

Rose was outside, in the rain, standing on the porch with her school bag and lunch box scattering on the floor like waste.

The rain drifted in, soaking her school uniform completely, leaving her drenched and shaking with the harsh cold. She wrapped her body with her arms, shielding nothing an
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