I want to hide the truth,

I want to shelter you

But with the beast inside,

there's nowhere we can hide...

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She was home -- with friends turned family and she couldn't have it any other way.

The bickerings and banters -- the snarky comments and the witty retorts were all part of who they were. They were what made them her safe haven.

Jiki and Nene always on each other's throats, arguing about the most random of things, to how gloomy the weather had become. Lara complaining over Elo's nepotism and then there was TJ, who'd taken a torch to her soul, lighting her up.

She didn't know...