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Chapter 125

Author: C Olive
last update publish date: 2026-05-30 10:30:34

Maya's POV

The notifications were still running when we got back to the house.

I had counted forty-seven in the car. By the time Catherine pulled into the driveway, the number had stopped being useful as a measure of anything except scale.

I turned my phone face down on the seat.

Got out.

Went inside

The sitting room had the specific quality of a space that had absorbed news before I arrived — Alex on his phone nea
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