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089: Not responsible

Penulis: Peace C
last update Tanggal publikasi: 2026-04-26 22:33:44

Avery's POV

I read the message three times.

'Your stepfather owes us. Pay the money or else we hurt him. The clock is running.'

My mum had just gone to bed. I put my phone face down on my duvet and sat there for a moment.

Dean had given some loan shark my number and told them I was responsible for him. He had not asked me. He had not told me. He had just handed me over to whoever this was, along with enough information for them to call him my stepfather.

I picked the phone back up.

I typed out
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