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Chapter 2: The Guy from Sam and Kent

作者: Ivy Walters
last update 公開日: 2025-10-31 21:00:12
Steven POV.

I looked around me, noticing my environment for the first time.

I was at Sam and Kent's drive-through station.

Somehow, between the slow traffic and my annoying call with Greg, I'd managed to arrive at my breakfast station without realizing when.

"I can give you a hand, if you want," Fabian said, still smiling up at me.

Today, he wasn't behind the service counter, and he'd walked right up to me, offering to give me a hand.

Not that I needed his help, I could change my own
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