he tapped the pendant on its chain around her neck . she felt the rapid pulsing of her heartbeat beneath his fingers . tears made aliah 's face blur . she blinked and looked away as hot tears slid down her cheeks . '' it 's eliana 's pendant . not mine . so how can it be my reality ? no one can force their beliefs on me ,
aliah

she dumped an empty cup in the trash and went in the back to take a break with her friend . the friend had long dark hair and naturally brown skin . she handed her a cigarette . rachel took it and took a long drag off of it . '' so , he was here again , '' the friend said . rachel looked at her with raised eyebrows . '' the rich guy , '' said the
friend

with the jar of pasta in my hand , i lurched towards the back door . it was at that point that it opened towards me . i skidded to a stop , a dark , tall , large figure before me framed by the moonlight . the man took a step forwards , just as the kitchen door behind opened with a soft clunk . i had never been quite so desperate in my life , and my body , pumped with fright , did the first thing it could think of , and struck out at the figure before me with the
jar