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Chapter 29
Ava stepped inside the familiar door and marble floors. If it evoked nostalgia no one could certainly tell for she went about the house unmindful of anything but her steps.
"Welcome home, Princess," a voice greeted from behind her as she turned towards the hallway to the left of the grand foyer.
"Is he here?" she asked over her shoulder.
"No, princess. Why would he be here?"
She nodded for a bit and continued on to the hallway that led to the basement - her father's lab.
She found it in the state in which she left it a few years ago, that time when she came back to live here on her own from Sybil before eventually leaving for university.
She did not believe she would find him here today - but she had hoped...a bit.
And no, he was never here. The lab is spanking bright, shiny and clean.
And no, she isn't one for nostal
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