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The Naked Beat

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We went into Blaze's room. She was lying there asleep and looked as innocent as a baby lamb. I couldn't even imagine what she'd been through the past couple of months; getting addicted to heroin and then having to find a way to feed the habit. I just hoped we could get her clean and she'd stay that way. She had too much life ahead of her to waste it slowly descending to Hell one syringe at a time.

Her eyes popped open and she saw her father.

"Daddy?" she asked in a sleepy voice.

He went to her side...

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    Neville Hunt almost 8 years ago

    Like the one syringe at a time metaphor, Christopher.

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    Christopher almost 8 years ago

    Thank you, Neville.

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