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Chapter Twenty Two

Author: Divine
last update publish date: 2025-08-10 01:31:05

Melissa

The house felt too quiet with the kind of quiet that comes after a long day when you’re finally alone with your thoughts, no, this was the kind that pressed in, heavy as though the walls themselves were listening.

I had been pacing for over an hour waiting for Jamal’s call. He’d said he’d be “handling something” and would be back before dinner but the clock had already swept past midnight. My phone lay on the coffee table, screen dark, taunting me with silence.

I thought about calling
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