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Chapter 72: Tough Negotiator

Author: Heartflames
last update publish date: 2025-11-21 22:43:55

A few days passed, and sweet enough, it was weekend already. The same weekend little Keira had been praying and dying for, just so she could stay home and spend it with her parents.

It was afternoon, and the hot sun hung lazily in the sky, spilling gold over the park.

The place was already alive, with laughter echoing from the swings, the chatter of families picnicking, and children sprinting barefoot across the soft green grass.

Kimberly sat on a wooden bench beneath the shade of an old oak, h
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