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Chapter 12

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last update 公開日: 2026-06-27 19:45:17

The house on the outskirts of Nightvale had grown quieter with each passing day.

Martha did her best. She cooked their favorite meals macaroni and cheese cut into star shapes, pancakes with chocolate chip smiles, fruit arranged in rainbow patterns on their plates. She read them stories and let them stay up past their bedtime and answered their questions with all the patience she could muster.

But she couldn't answer the only question that mattered.

Where is Mommy?

Chloe had stopped asking out l
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