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Chapter 202: Safe In My Hands

Anney GW
last update Veröffentlichungsdatum: 29.03.2026 20:37:05

[Alice’s POV]

3:15 p.m. The school doors swung open.

The children poured out like beans spilled from a bag — big and small, tall and short, carrying colorful backpacks. Some were laughing, some were running, and some were racing their friends to see who could reach the gate first. Parents waited outside the gate, craning their necks to spot their children, like a flock of penguins peering out from the water’s edge.

I stood at the entrance to the café beside the parking lot, with a clear view of
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