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Chapter 134: Say It

Author: AE DIRA
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Chapter 134

The nurse let her in because she had said she was a close friend.

She stood in the doorway of Lennon's room with a small bunch of flowers and looked at her. He looked at Damien, who was still in the chair and had gone very still.

"Mia," Lennon said.

"I heard," she said. "Archer posted about the hospital. I know I said I was done. I just…I wanted to check." She paused. "I brought flowers."

"I can see that," Lennon said.

She came in. She looked at Damien. Damien looked at her with the
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