Longened Shadow Of Ignorance

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Chapter Five
What is it that people mention from time to time about fear? That fear is the lengthened shadow of ignorance? Well, it seems that the statement fits perfectly like a glove when it comes to Anna. The fact that she didn't want to understand her wrongdoings, and more that it would eventually catch up with her. A ticking time bomb waiting to explode. Why hasn't she finally give up on holding onto to silly ideals? Why won't she try to learn that the world has more opportunities is she's willing to take them by the hand. Just why...
“Hey, I’m Mackenna.” she said
I don’t want to know that...
“You must be Anna right?” Mackenna asked
No! You got the wrong person. . .
Anna's head thumped in itself, the noise and pressure building inside her head was making her vision blur. She rubbed her hands together as if she was scraping sandpaper against a metal tube; the more she did that the clammier her hands became. The nerve throbbing at the back of her ears, was a constant reminder that this was all too real. She could feel her eyes twitch, and her legs shake a bit; was this fear? Is this the karma that Katelyn spoke of all the time she did something wrong?
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“Why don’t you let them in dear? Penny, Mackenna, why don’t you come in.”
Anna blinked once or twice before she could clearly see the person that was in front of her. This was Mackenna, a girl she just so happens to meet during her arrival. To think one small phrase could make fate decided to bring her back into my life. How would that girl get her back she wondered, would she get her back just like those other girls back in

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