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THE CLIFFSIDE

Author: LARRY BENSON
last update publish date: 2026-05-21 05:14:23

Jace immediately got frightened.

“Why did you open the trunk?” He asked,

“That doesn’t answer my question, I asked

Who is this in your trunk?” She said,

“You weren’t supposed to see that.”

“Obviously I wasn’t supposed to see you have a dead body in your trunk.” She said,

“You are just overreacting.”

“Am I overreacting? There's literally a dead man squeezed inside your trunk.” She said,

Jace got out of the car.

“He isn't dead, he's probably just unconscious.” He said,

“Dead or unconscious, why
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