[ Jess grinds her jaw. Clearly that's not the answer she was hoping for. As hellish a setup as this is, she can survive it. She's survived worse. And like before, she'll come out different, if she's ever lucky enough to come out. But she can't watch her sister or anyone she knows suffer the same, and Jess will let herself suffer worse if it means sparing them even the slightest of it.
A stricken look passes over her eyes. A glimpse at the defeat that threatens to seize her. Then they harden again as she pushes it down, smothers it, reinvigorating the cycle of pain and anger that nearly got the best of her minutes ago.
Jess swallows hard and starts to dig her nails in deeper. ]
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A stricken look passes over her eyes. A glimpse at the defeat that threatens to seize her. Then they harden again as she pushes it down, smothers it, reinvigorating the cycle of pain and anger that nearly got the best of her minutes ago.
Jess swallows hard and starts to dig her nails in deeper. ]
You should get going.