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Chapter Fifty-Five: Deadly Peanut Butter and Guilt

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Alexander Finnegan Robertson

For once, I didn’t have an early shoot. Which meant, in theory, I could enjoy breakfast without being chased out of bed by Max, a schedule, or some unfortunate combination of the two.

Apparently, fate had other ideas.

Max and I had barely settled at a table in my aunt’s restaurant when people started gathering to ask for selfies and autographs. This was why I didn’t have the luxury to come here to eat like this even though it was my aunt’s restaurant.

What w
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