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Matilda is shaking as she stares at her legs, she can't believe her eyes.

For five years now, she has been able to stand on her feet, she doesn't understand this miracle.

"Am I standing?" She asks him with her jaw on the ground.

"Take a step…"

"But–"

"Do you trust me?" He asks.

She looks at his face, she doesn't know if it's a good idea to trust a stranger who kidnaps her from her home.

But there is something about his eyes, they are soft towards her. It puts a sure feeling in her heart, that if she falls, he is going to catch her.

"I trust you." She exhales.

"Then take the step. Don't worry, I am right here."

With her has held out, she gently and calculatively lifts her left leg off the ground.

She moves it ahead of her and places it on the ground. A shudder leaves her lips, this is her first step in five years.

She is breathing heavily as she takes another and another. She is so overwhelmed that she almost tumbles, but like he promised, he is close enough to catch her wa
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