Shuffles was always so friendly, and   
the way she was acting then, made me   
believe at the time, that maybe she    
really did maul that girl, until I     
found out the truth.                   
     “I hated myself for even thinking 
that, and after we were done, one of   
them told me, ‘Look where she bit me. I
think the way you guys do it is way too
humane. Someone should’ve beaten that  
thing to death with a baseball bat     
instead,’ and even laughed about it    
with his buddies, and I laughed with   
them.”                                 
     Beth started sobbing, but tried to
finish anyway, “She wasn’t being mean. 
She was just trying to tell us that she
was innocent, but didn’t know how to do
it, and I didn’t care,” she said and   
started sobbing uncontrollably.        
*      I’d never heard the last part of    
that story before, and hugged her, “I  
didn't know that, hon. I'm sorry.”     
     “It's not your fault,” she was    
finally able to say, and then smiled.  
     “It's why Barry won't do another  
one, but on the bright side, I guess,  
it does help me to understand you a    
little better, if nothing else, you    
know?”                                 
     “Yeah, except you didn’t have a   
choice. I did, and I deserve nothing   
but evil happening to me, and you      
definitely don't deserve that Beth.”   
     “Why are you so fucking hard on   
yourself, Crim,” Beth said after giving
me a kiss, and then searched my face   
for answers.                           



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