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Chapter fifty -eight

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Kayla

My body failed me.

I was running or trying to.

My legs moved, but they weren’t mine. They were heavy, unsteady, like I was wading through water. I hit the glass door of the hospital entrance before my brain even registered it. The impact knocked the air out of my lungs.

I stumbled outside, gasping, and that’s when I saw them. Riley, standing in front of Liana like a wall. Blocking her path.

“What the hell are you doing?” Liana snapped, yanking at Riley’s arm. “Let me go, Kayla. Tell yo
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