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"She ushered me toward the window, her eyes pleading with me to escape. 'Run away,' she whispered urgently. Fear gripped my heart, but I tried to flee, managing to slip out of the room undetected. Yet, the terror in her eyes lingered, haunting me.

"Compelled by a sense of dread, I turned back and peered through the window. The scene that unfolded was horrific. Her father, his face twisted in a malevolent snarl, was stabbing her mother, sister, and her repeatedly. 'You bitches were born to destroy my reputation,' he spat, his knife rising and falling with deadly precision.

"As he stabbed the girl I love, I felt as though he was piercing my own soul. My legs trembled, and tears streamed down my face. I was paralyzed with horror, unable to move or intervene as he continued his brutal assault. She lay unconscious, yet he persisted, driven by a rage that seemed to know no bounds.

"Then, his gaze locked onto mine, and he began to walk toward the window, his eyes blazing with fury. But just as all hope seemed lost, she opened her eyes..."

"She grasped his leg, desperate to stop him from reaching me. But her father's transformation was terrifying. He became a raging animal, his eyes blazing with cruelty. He dragged her out of the house by her hair, descending the stairs with a ferocity that seemed almost inhuman.

"The stairs, which had seemed so daunting when I climbed them to reach her house, now seemed like an endless, nightmarish descent. He stabbed her repeatedly, his brutality unabated, even as a few passersby watched in eerie silence.

"My brother appeared, his eyes wide with horror as he took in the scene. He sprinted towards her father, determined to save her. But he was too late. With a final, gruesome act, her father severed her head from her body. Her lifeless form crumpled, her head rolling away from her torso.

"I was frozen in terror, my body trembling uncontrollably. The world around me seemed to dissolve into chaos. Then, her father's eyes locked onto mine, and he charged towards me.

"I jolted upright, my fingers tightening around the gadget she had given me. I began to recite the numbers, my voice shaking as I desperately sought to escape the horrors unfolding before me..."

"I began to chant the numbers, but my mind was a blank. I couldn't recall the sequence, no matter how hard I tried. In desperation, I started to recite any numbers that came to mind, but nothing seemed to work. The gadget remained inert, and he was closing in on me, his fingers mere inches from my hair.

"In a flash, I remembered the river flowing beneath the bridge where I stood. Without hesitation, I leapt off the edge, plunging into the icy waters below. The river's surface broke my fall, but the shock of the cold still took my breath away.

"As I struggled to resurface, I caught a glimpse of him standing on the bridge, his eyes blazing with fury. But I was safe, at least for the moment. The river's currents swept me away, carrying me downstream, farther and farther from the horrors I had witnessed..."

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