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Chapter 40- THE CONFIRMATION

作者: Victor ellis
last update publish date: 2026-06-09 14:32:43

I couldn’t stop thinking about it.

The nausea had come back stronger that morning. I had barely kept down the toast Emma made for breakfast. My period was now two weeks late. I kept telling myself it was stress. The running. The fear. The constant moving from place to place. It had to be stress.

But deep down, I knew better.

I sat on the edge of the bathtub in the small cabin bathroom, staring at the wall. My hands were shaking. Emma was in the kitchen making tea, but I could feel her worry eve
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