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Chapter 7

Author: Eirlys
(Helene's POV)

"Maya, give me a hand!"

I called out from the front yard of the farm.

Six months ago, a minute before the car blew, I noticed something was wrong. I grabbed Maya, jumped out, and we hopped a passing freight train.

The blast knocked us out.

When we woke up, a farmer in a small Midwestern town had saved us.

Maya ran over, grinning ear to ear at the crates of homemade jam.

"We're rich! Good job, boss!"

We had taken over a farm in the town, and life was better than I ever imagined.

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