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Chapter 6 The Daughter Who Was Already Gone

Author: Good Measure
The storage room was empty.

Even the worn cardboard boxes where I used to keep my clothes and books were gone. Almost nothing remained to show that I had ever lived there.

Only then did my parents finally realize something was wrong.

I had never come home after the celebration. In fact, I had already been gone for several days.

Fear slowly crept across my mom's face. Her hands trembled as she pulled out her phone and sent me a message. 'Wren, where the hell are you? You ran away from hom
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