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Chapter 73

Author: Velvet
last update publish date: 2026-07-05 21:51:18

Large cardboard boxes filled the spacious living room. Some had already been sealed with tape while others remained open, waiting for the last few belongings to be packed.

Suitcases stood neatly against one wall, and several movers carried furniture out through the front door one piece at a time.

Family photographs had disappeared from the walls. Decorative ornaments had been wrapped in newspapers, and even the curtains had been taken down in preparation for the move.

Margaret stood in the mid
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