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CHAPTER 96: CRAZY NANNY

Author: Santana Fox
last update publish date: 2026-09-06 19:27:09

Jaxson's POV

I got off the mattress and walked over to the door. I turned the handle and pulled it open slowly.

Clara stood there in the hallway, wearing her nightdress. "Are you okay?"

"Yeah. I'm fine," I said, trying to gather myself.

She looked me over, my uniform still on, wrinkled from sleeping in it. "You're still in your school clothes."

"Umm, yeah. Guess I slept off."

"Can I come in?"

Part of me didn't want her seeing me like this, but a bigger part of me needed to talk to someone. "Ye
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