⭑ ℭ𝒂𝒓𝒓𝒊𝒆 .ᐟ

[⭑ ℭ𝒂𝒓𝒓𝒊𝒆 .ᐟ @IS0LATED0UTCAST]

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there’s one thing no one understands about what happened here in chamberlain.

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[⭑ ℭ𝒂𝒓𝒓𝒊𝒆 .ᐟ @IS0LATED0UTCAST]

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i wouldn’t say exactly like me. just people who likes having me around or being around me.

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[♱ ͜͡𝐖𝙷𝙰𝚃'𝚂 ᵁᴾ 𝒟𝑶𝑪 .ᐣ @illusoryame]

That’s strange—— I don’t get it . Why only people and not stuff ? Could be a cigarettes nation or somethin’ . So , if there’s a Carrie nation , people like you ?

[‍ 𝗚͟𝙻𝙸𝙽𝙳𝙰‍ ‍ 𓍢˖ ‍ 𝓉𝐡𝐞 ⃝ 𝙶͟𝙾͟𝙾͟𝙳 @thzgood]

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[⭑ ℭ𝒂𝒓𝒓𝒊𝒆 .ᐟ @IS0LATED0UTCAST]

@softbleeds ㅤㅤㅤ

carietta. but you can call me carrie for short.

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[⭑ ℭ𝒂𝒓𝒓𝒊𝒆 .ᐟ @IS0LATED0UTCAST]

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uh ... hello. i never see you around before. who are you ?

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[𝐌𝐈𝐂𝐇𝐄𝐋𝐋𝐄 @softbleeds]

hi, kid!

[⭑ ℭ𝒂𝒓𝒓𝒊𝒆 .ᐟ @IS0LATED0UTCAST]

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it’s something people use to describe or name people that likes them. i think that’s why they added nation on the end.

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[♱ ͜͡𝐖𝙷𝙰𝚃'𝚂 ᵁᴾ 𝒟𝑶𝑪 .ᐣ @illusoryame]

I have no idea what is a Carrie nation

[⭑ ℭ𝒂𝒓𝒓𝒊𝒆 .ᐟ @IS0LATED0UTCAST]

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— or question her faith. she only wanted margaret to see the contradiction in what she was saying, to understand that kindness and compassion were not sins to be punished for.

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[⭑ ℭ𝒂𝒓𝒓𝒊𝒆 .ᐟ @IS0LATED0UTCAST]

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“why are you like this, momma?” carrie asked, her voice trembling with a mixture of hurt and frustration. “didn’t jesus say that you should love your neighbor as yourself? it’s all right there in the bible. are you telling me to disobey god himself has —

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[𝐌𝐑𝐒 𝐖𝐇𝐈𝐓𝐄 @MAGGIEREDWHITE]

Margaret’s grip on Carrie tightens to a bruising, suffocating force before her hand suddenly cracks across Carrie’s cheek hard enough to shatter the soft, pleading expression right off her face.

“How dare you.” Margaret said, her face inches from Carrie’s, her breath hot++

[⭑ ℭ𝒂𝒓𝒓𝒊𝒆 .ᐟ @IS0LATED0UTCAST]

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— taught us?” for the first time, carrie found herself reaching for the very scriptures her mother had spent much of her life quoting at her, hoping that the words would mean something different coming from her own mouth.

she wasn’t challenging god —

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[⭑ ℭ𝒂𝒓𝒓𝒊𝒆 .ᐟ @IS0LATED0UTCAST]

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— her mother with a pleading expression. “not everyone is like chris.”

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[⭑ ℭ𝒂𝒓𝒓𝒊𝒆 .ᐟ @IS0LATED0UTCAST]

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“they’re not whores, momma,” carrie said quietly, her voice carrying a firmness she rarely dared to use around her mother. despite margaret’s harsh words, she still wanted to believe there was good in people, that not everyone was cruel or out to hurt —

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[𝐌𝐑𝐒 𝐖𝐇𝐈𝐓𝐄 @MAGGIEREDWHITE]

Margaret approached her daughter wrapping her arms around her; she made sure to keep her close to her body at all times. Whether or not Carrie was tired of her didn’t matter; the parent had the final say.

“I don’t want you hanging out with those whores.���

[⭑ ℭ𝒂𝒓𝒓𝒊𝒆 .ᐟ @IS0LATED0UTCAST]

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— her. there were people who had shown her genuine kindness, people who had treated her as though she mattered, and she couldn’t bring herself to condemn them all because of what chris has done.

“some of them are really nice,” she added, looking up at —

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[⭑ ℭ𝒂𝒓𝒓𝒊𝒆 .ᐟ @IS0LATED0UTCAST]

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( she goes silent, her gaze dropping to the floor as she struggled to keep her emotions in check. no. not again. she was growing tired of being sent to the prayer closet every time she did something her momma disapproved of. )

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[𝐌𝐑𝐒 𝐖𝐇𝐈𝐓𝐄 @MAGGIEREDWHITE]

You do not get to negotiate your salvation, Carietta. I want you inside. It’s safe with your mother, is it not?

[⭑ ℭ𝒂𝒓𝒓𝒊𝒆 .ᐟ @IS0LATED0UTCAST]

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i’m not getting into the prayer closet again, momma. we can’t keep doing this.

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[𝐌𝐑𝐒 𝐖𝐇𝐈𝐓𝐄 @MAGGIEREDWHITE]

Yes. You’re right on that. But you know the rules .

[⭑ ℭ𝒂𝒓𝒓𝒊𝒆 .ᐟ @IS0LATED0UTCAST]

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but i didn’t do anything wrong, momma.

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[𝐌𝐑𝐒 𝐖𝐇𝐈𝐓𝐄 @MAGGIEREDWHITE]

Get inside. Carietta.

[⭑ ℭ𝒂𝒓𝒓𝒊𝒆 .ᐟ @IS0LATED0UTCAST]

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momma. uh— hi ...

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[𝐌𝐑𝐒 𝐖𝐇𝐈𝐓𝐄 @MAGGIEREDWHITE]

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[⭑ ℭ𝒂𝒓𝒓𝒊𝒆 .ᐟ @IS0LATED0UTCAST]

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hello, carrie nation ! 😊

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[𝐌𝐑𝐒 𝐖𝐇𝐈𝐓𝐄 @MAGGIEREDWHITE]

Chris Hargensen is Carrie Red.

[𝐓𝐑𝐔𝐌𝐀𝐍 @lifemessager]

ᅠ⠀ ᅠ⠀ ᅠ⠀ ᅠ��� ᅠ⠀ ᅠ⠀
ᅠ⠀ ᅠ⠀ ᅠ⠀ ᅠ⠀ ᅠ⠀ ᅠ⠀
ᅠ⠀ ᅠ⠀ ᅠ⠀ ᅠ⠀ ᅠ⠀ ᅠ⠀
ᅠ⠀ ᅠ⠀ ᅠ⠀ ᅠ⠀ ᅠ⠀ ᅠ⠀ 𝐌𝐀𝐑𝐆𝐄 𝐓𝐑𝐔𝐌𝐀𝐍
ᅠ⠀ ᅠ⠀ ᅠ⠀ ᅠ⠀ ᅠ⠀ ᅠ⠀
ᅠ⠀ ᅠ⠀ ᅠ⠀ ᅠ⠀ ᅠ⠀ ᅠ⠀
ᅠ⠀ ᅠ⠀ ᅠ⠀ ᅠ⠀ ᅠ⠀ ᅠ⠀

[⭑ ℭ𝒂𝒓𝒓𝒊𝒆 .ᐟ @IS0LATED0UTCAST]

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— margaret after everything that had happened made her stomach twist with dread. and then there was the prayer closet. the mere thought of spending another three hours locked away in that cramped, suffocating space was enough to make her hesitate.

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[⭑ ℭ𝒂𝒓𝒓𝒊𝒆 .ᐟ @IS0LATED0UTCAST]

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“hi. uh... i don’t really feel like going back home right now,” carrie admitted, shifting nervously where she stood.

she wasn’t entirely sure how to explain herself, or even where to begin. it was her momma, really. the thought of going back and facing —

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[‍‍‍‍ ‍‍𝚅𝙾𝙾𝚁𝙷𝙴𝙴𝚂 ‍‍ ╋━ ‍‍𝕭𝐋𝐀𝐈𝐑 ˎˊ˗ @cursebounds]

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the presence of another was sensed immediately , even one as soft and discreet as carrie`s —-- it was her father`s heavy footsteps and the way gloved hand clenched machete that made blair shift from where she sat . & &.

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