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Chapter 7

작가: Perfect Timing
At the sound of my voice, Mom's eyes snapped open.

"Leanne, you're alive?"

She looked from the charred corpse to me, standing there in one piece. Her expression held no joy, only confusion and shock.

"Mom, what's with that look? Were you hoping I'd die?"

"N-no, that's not it..." She stammered, her brain clearly struggling to catch up.

Finally, Adam steadied himself enough to ask, "Where were you? And who is this pregnant woman in our house?"

I gestured to my stomach. "Didn't you notice? My
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