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A message from Kaiden

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Sage

I had days to myself in my house, barely gotten used to the quiet of my apartment. I keep having nightmares about the same people coming for me in my own house.

But when I remind myself that I have nothing to do with them and they didn’t know where I lived.

So I attended school, avoided the professor with care by the way and went back home. The typical life of a loner which I was sometimes okay with.

The other times, I cried when I remembered that I was all alone with nobody to talk to. It really was like he didn’t care about me.

Yes, I was still thinking about the professor. I had hoped he would try to corner me again to talk to me. I would have given him a listening ear this time.

I shook my head with a smile and just rested my head when the peace shattered.

It started with a knock at the door, and I froze. A warning bell went off in my head, but I ignored it. I wasn’t expecting anyone, but after the week I’d had, I figured it was someone from school or even my dad checking i
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