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Ch. 62 - THE PAST AND THE PRESENT

Author: Aurora
last update Huling Na-update: 2025-07-14 21:02:15

THIRD PERSON'S POV

James ended the call and pocketed the phone. He didn't notice the hum of printers around him nor the distant conversation floating in his space. Every pulse in his neck throbbed terribly.

He was minutes away from seeing her.

The drive to the aging building of Yellow Oak Home For The Elderly was slow and uneventful. He got there safely and studied his environment. Vines crawled broken bricks, paint peeled on the walls in wide strokes. The building looked like it would collapse anytime. He could turn back and hope the building would come down overnight the person he was here to see.

When he got to the counter, the attendant didn't ask him many questions. He had been the one feeding James about the turns of events.

James was searching for his mother. The woman who abandoned him when he was three years old.

“Follow me to her room,” the attendant echoed, leading James towards a corridor that stretched like a rubber band under the flickering lights.

The air was hot and s
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