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The wrong woman

Author: Pretty Wicked
last update publish date: 2026-11-03 22:54:12

CALLAN

My bare feet hit the hard wooden floor of the hallway as I run away from her empty room. My head still hurts, and a bad, sick feeling turns over inside my stomach, but I do not care about that right now. All I know is that Mirelle’s room was completely clean and stripped bare. No clothes. No books. No pictures.

She is running away.

"Mirelle!" I shout out again, my voice bouncing off the high walls of the quiet house.

I reach the top of the grand staircase, gripping the cold wooden railin
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