casuistic:
       âi donât need to go,â she gritted out as she wiped the blood off of her arm, eyes looking at the slash mark before looking back up at ellis. âcanât you just stitch here? or what about superglue?â the last thing she wanted was people asking questions about the bruises and the cuts on her body. not after today. not after that. her mother had been particularly angry when sheâd refused to visit the âniceâ man down the street.
â  NO.  â   her  words  were  sharp  and  her  eyes  were  hard.  but  never  void  of  emotion  nor  empathy  she  had  for  the  other.   â  not  here  i  canât  anyways.  come  back  to  my  place  and  i  can  stitch  it  closed.  i  can  get  you  CLEAN CLOTHES  and  you  know  a  BED i  keep  reminding  you  of  âââ â











