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The shouting was intense. You could overhear them arguing in the other room. Out of nowhere everything went silent. Then whoosh she ran out the door, pushing people to the side as she hid from her mother. Melany couldn’t find her and for her it was one of the most terrible feeling in the world. That pain in your gut you get when you feel you’ve lost something “Victoria … Victoria … where are you? Victoria,” screamed Melany across the hospital hallway. Everyone staring and whispering, but no one would seem to speak a word. When Melany finally found Victoria, it was too late. She’d gone into a surgery room and stabbed herself three times in the stomach with a scalpel knife and still in agony, she was pointing the knife to her throat ready to

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