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Chapter Seventy Five:Not The Only One

Author: Rejoice Ezeh
last update publish date: 2026-09-11 20:05:07

Nicole stepped back from the door.

Serena came in.

She did not look around the apartment the way she had the first time — with the assessing eyes of someone building a picture. She had the picture now. She came in and went to the kitchen table and sat down and put the drive in front of her and her bag on the floor beside her chair with the efficiency of someone who had somewhere to be afterward and intended to be useful in the time available.

Nicole sat across from her.

Evan appeared in the kit
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