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Chapter 52 Back to Routine

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last update publish date: 2026-06-19 19:36:50

School resumed three days after we returned from Thailand, and the campus felt both familiar and strangely new.

The morning air was crisp with that back-to-school energy — students chatting excitedly in the hallways, lockers slamming, and the faint smell of fresh books and cafeteria coffee.

I walked through the gates with a small smile, backpack slung over one shoulder, still carrying a bit of that Phuket glow on my skin the two weeks in Thailand had done something to me I felt lighter. More g
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