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Chapter Thirty-Four: Payback in the Rain

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Anastasia Greene Johnson

The streets glistened with rainwater and muck, the remnants of an afternoon storm that had finally decided to relent. My workday had drawn to a close because I didn’t need to work overtime anymore because of the sudden raise. So I stood outside, waiting for Brynn to fetch her car from the parking lot. But, as fate would have it, peace was a luxury I wasn’t destined for. Out of nowhere, some reckless driver careened through a puddle, sending a tidal wave of muddy water
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