afraid anymore . There would be a future , she thought . A future , unfurling before her , a ribbon of red , dripping with acid .
Her lungs no longer needed oxygen . Her heart no longer beat . At that moment , James realized she wasn ’ t cold anymore . She shrugged the jacket off her shoulders and let it fall to the ground .
James felt nothing . And it was in this nothingness that she was finally free .
Margaret Roarty is a writer and actress currently residing in Pennsylvania . Her film criticism can be found in various online publications , including The Film Magazine and Screen Queens . She is also the co-creator of the Just My Thoughts on It podcast where she reviews film and TV along with her sister . When she isn ' t writing , Margaret can be found sipping red wine , cuddling her black cats , and obsessively logging movies into her Letterboxd .
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