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Chapter 367 Home Study

Author: Olivia GW
last update publish date: 2026-07-23 14:48:17

(Gloria)

"Walk me through a normal Sunday."

"I cook lunch for eleven."

The caseworker looks up from her folder.

"Eleven?"

"Sometimes thirteen. It depends on who's feuding."

"She's not exaggerating," Nathanial says.

"It's the whole family. Both families. All of them, every week, at this table."

"And you always cook for everyone?"

"I like doing the cooking. I like being in control of the planning. I have charts with everyone’s allergies and dislikes and such."

I’m suddenly not sure whether that m
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