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Chapter 140 - Mold, Misery & Motorbikes

Penulis: Anney GW
last update Terakhir Diperbarui: 2025-07-12 11:59:18
Vienna’s POV

The next day, after school, Zanele and I went apartment hunting. We zigzagged across half of Paris on foot and by metro, chasing down leads from listings that looked halfway decent. But each place we visited was another disappointment.

One had black mold blooming behind the kitchen cabinets. Another had a ceiling so low I couldn’t stand upright in half the space. A third only had a grimy shared toilet that smelled like mildew and despair.

"All of them are terrible," I muttered as we walked down yet another narrow stairwell. "And way overpriced."

Zanele sighed. "I’m not letting you rent one of these shoeboxes with ghosts, Vienna. You can’t settle for any of these."

We did the same thing the next day, and the next. Each evening I returned to her dorm, more defeated than the last. By the end of the week, the hope I’d clung to had all but vanished.

I was bone-tired. My back ached from the rock-hard dorm mattress, and even Zanele’s endless supply of humor and chocolate couldn’t
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