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Chapter 23

Author: Brielle
last update publish date: 2026-05-31 04:19:19

Simone

I was standing in the middle of the road, over hundred miles away from home, and not a single car has passed in the last five minutes. I haven’t moved from this spot, because I’m finding it difficult to believe this was happening right now.

I checked my phone, not a damn signal.

“Ahhhhhhhh” I screamed into the night air, the echo of my voice reminding me that I was alone.

One by one, I moved my feet in front of the other. I know the way home, and I am going to make it.

He thought I
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