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Today's 5 Minute #freewrite is: face masks
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The mask she wore helped her define herself. Now he wanted her to remove it.
The only way to remove it was...
No, she couldn't remove it. It was her. She was the mask. Why couldn't he understand this? No one had ever gotten so close as to even see that she was hiding beneath it. Why him?
But she loved him. As much as she could love anyone anyway. When they were together, he asked her to remove the mask, yet, even though she loved him, it scared her to even consider removing what she felt was the central part of her life.
It made her life complete.
The only other option was to lose the man she loved with all her heart. He added an extra level of completion she had never felt.
She picked up the scalpel and looked in the mirror, trying to decide where to start.