Ella woke up to the sound of rain beating against the dying leaves of the tree outside of her window and a sharp pain in her chest. This wasn't the first time this had happened, the pinching pain in her chest was almost to be expected now, a simple side effect of the anxiety she constantly felt. In her shivering arms she clutched a cloth doll, frayed and misshapen from being so forcefully clung to on nights like this. She breathed deeply and let out a long sigh, starring at the dolls button eyes, wondering why things had turned out this way. All it had taken was a simple decision to start it all, a simple decision made in a split second. A simple decision to change her life. One simple decision.

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