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    Pain
    Pain
    Pain
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    Pain

    By Derek Elkins

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    PAIN...In some lives it's the only thing that matters.
    Regina is immersed in a cocoon of pain. The teasing of your classmates, the uselessness of her life leaves her numb and in search of pain as the only legitimate feeling. She is alone and spiraling toward disaster until hope steps in.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBard and Book
    Release dateJan 28, 2014
    ISBN9781310948480
    Pain
    Author

    Derek Elkins

    Award winning author Derek Elkins is also a member of the Bard and Book author community at www.bardandbook.com.

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      Pain - Derek Elkins

      PAIN

      by Derek Elkins

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      PAIN

      Regina sat on the side of her bed and glared out her window, seeing nothing. The afternoon rain smudged and stirred, blurring the view outside, but it wouldn’t have mattered one bit. A school band could have marched by and she wouldn’t have noticed.

      The scene just kept playing out in her head, over and over like a skipping record. The foot stretched out in front of her…the fall in slow motion…her food tray bouncing off the floor and splattering the

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