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Chapter 99: Who Are You?

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GAVIN

I froze, completely paralyzed as the room turned ice-cold. I could feel every single drop of blood draining from my face as I watched Melanie stare down at the file in her trembling hands, her features twisted in confusion.

How could I have been so careless?

How the hell am I going to fix this?

Every lie, every calculated move I had made from the beginning, everything I had hidden was inside that file. The photos, the notes, the analysis of her life, it was all there, staring back at her
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