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Chapter 48

Author: Fanny S
last update publish date: 2025-10-17 16:23:07
I took the bag. The receipt I didn’t want to look at.

Walked out into the parking lot where the sun felt too bright and the heat rose off the Asphalt in waves.

I got in my car.

Sat there.

Stared at the white bag on the passenger seat.

Eight thousand four hundred sixty-seven dollars.

Gone from
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