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Chapter 15
The next lesson at the Royal Treasury started with a lecture from Jim.
“Look,” He pulled me aside, his face serious. “I know you have a lot going on, and you can’t really slow down, but try to take better care of yourself, alright?”
I raised an eyebrow. “What happened to ‘not lecturing me about going all out’?”
“Well, I thought I could do that. But now it’s starting to affect my quality of life.” He grumbled, pouring himself a drink as well as some tea for me.
“How is it…?”
“It’s Tommy!” He blurted out, gesturing and almost spilling from the glass in his hand. “Whenever he gets stressed out, he has to clean something. Your home and his home are spotless, so what does he do?! He comes to my house!”
“He… cleans your house?&
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