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Chapter 8

Author: Swinger
I immediately disabled friend requests on that social media account and quit every Dalton work group and colleague chat I'd been in.

When Zachary saw I was unmoved, he turned to former colleagues and our university classmates, using them one by one to lobby me.

Almost every classmate who still kept in touch over the years received a call from him. Some felt obligated out of years of friendship, others were harassed into compliance, and all reluctantly contacted me.

The messages were all the s
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