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CHAPTER 022: IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD

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JUNE;

“No, mom,” I said into the phone, “It's nothing I can't handle. Right now I'm headed to Mary's,”

Her voice rose from the other end, concerned and worried. I knew how paranoid she could get about little things, and the last thing I wanted was to drag her through that route again.

That part of her stemmed from Dad's abandonment and rejection, now that she was becoming alive again, I wouldn't stand in the way of that,

“June… Mariah would give you a spare key once you return to the house… Yo
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