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Chapter 9 — The Northbridge Estate

Author: Dreamergirl
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The clock on the dashboard showed 3:17 a.m.

The road to Northbridge was almost completely empty.

I sat beside Alexander, staring at the photograph my mother had left behind.

The house in the picture looked old, but somehow familiar.

I had seen it before.

Not in person.

In my dreams.

A long hallway.

A wooden staircase.

A woman standing beside a window.

My mother.

I shook my head.

Maybe it was only my imagination.

“Are you okay?” Alexander asked.

“I don't know.”

He glanced at me.

“You've been sta
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