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Chapter 9

Author: Mohini
Looking at Leonard standing there so self-righteously, I could hardly recognize the man I once thought I understood.

As far as I knew, he and Hannah had been inseparable since childhood.

And now, after a short time apart, he claimed he had completely cut her out of his life.

To me, that only made him seem even less trustworthy.

Hannah was awful, yes, but he was not much better.

I let out a sharp, humorless laugh.

"Leonard, people change. The man I loved back then isn't the man standing in
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