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Chapter 47: Dangerous Company

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MELANIE

“Men are scum!”

Eva snapped her head toward me, her eyebrows raised. “Okay… that came out of nowhere. What’s going on?”

“Look, E,” I said to her, stirring my coffee aggressively, the spoon clinking loudly against the cup. “Just know that men will stain your white. Every single one of them.”

“What the hell are you going on about?” She looked puzzled at me, her forehead wrinkling in confusion. Then she leaned towards me across the small table in the coffee shop, lowering her voice. “What'
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