Chapter 14

A twelve-year-old girl who looks a lot like me, but who is not me, runs into the forest at night.

It's the first time he's been careless and she knows it's his last chance to escape. Jumping all the fallen trunks, she tries her best to ignore the grimace of pain when she moves her legs. The dry branches stick to her sweater, the fabric tearing easily like paper. She doesn't mind getting naked as long as she can get away.

Something grabs her abruptly and she falls. The man rolls on top of her. His wild eyes shine and a sadistic smile blurs his lips. He says he likes it when she is a naughty girl, he says it is necessary to punish her. Even without strength in her thin body, she uses what she has left to kick him. He contracts still on top of her, releasing one of his hands to assess the damage to his balls. She crawls quickly, feeling the earth below her body dirty her clothes and hair. She runs with all the speed that her thin legs allow. Knowing that