Creative Writing: Lucy's Murder

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The second place where she had been was in the middle of nowhere in Australia. Ty kidnapped her and took her to Australia but, she had no idea where she was going because she was put in his car blindfolded and drugged. She said that it felt like she went to hell because she felt like she was dying from flames of fire and burning up. Once she got to wherever she was, she started crying and screaming to see if anyone could hear her. Ty was trying to say that there was no one.. nowhere.. (it was kind of creepy if you ask me) and that it wasn’t worth screaming, yelling or crying since no one could hear her. Gemma ran to a small old bathroom screaming and crying, worrying that she will never see her family again because she thought that she would

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