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15. First day at work

last update publish date: 2026-01-08 18:31:43
Lena’s POV

I barely sleep.

Not because I’m excited not really. It’s more like my brain refuses to shut up and keeps replaying everything at the worst moments, as if it’s afraid if it lets me rest I’ll forget something important or maybe it just wants to punish me. I don’t know anymore.

The house is quiet when I finally give up on sleep and sit up in bed. The clock says just after five way too early. My stomach rolls the second I move that familiar sick twist that have been happening more often l
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I thought in the previous chapter she said it was six months since? how come now she's there working and renting an apartment one week since she has left!???
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