The Chase
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Dakota was silent, looking at Sam for a moment until he turned his body towards Sam.

“Mom, do experiments on herself. She was looking for drug to cure my brain disorder. She did, and it got her killed. All, because of me"

Sam stopped his hand movement. Listening to Dakota's unenthusiastic speech. He looked away and didn't let Sam see how shocked he was by the statement. Sam patted Dakota's hand.

"Then you think it's your fault?" Sam will tell it as it is, because that's not what Dakota wants, at all. Dakota saw it. Long enough to know that Sam meant what he said.

"Isn't this my fault?" he asked back.

Sam tugged at the corners of his lips, looking at Dakota for a long moment. A pair of blue eyes looked at Dakota's light gray-green eyes, like an ocean that could drown anyone who looked at it.

"You think? What can a little child do? A kid who is very dependent on his mother? There is no one in this world who can calm you down when you are panic, other than your mother. You depend on her e
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