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80. Choices
“Possibilities and fears don’t make life. Life is made of choices,” suddenly Annabelle said.
“True… Partially.”
As the very, very big, white fish swam slightly closer, a white mist could be seen swimming, or maybe, more like floating, around the young woman, that could easily go unnoticed. It had not been noticed by Annabelle herself, since it was not exactly physical, but…
Could a shadow be white?
“But you can’t tell me, that I have known you for so long that you don’t want to take what has been offered to you. Make your family happy, and be happy yourself,” the voice said once more, and then, Belle noticed something very interesting…
That thing that
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