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Chapter 100: The Sketch Notebook
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2026-08-21 01:35:30
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Anastasia’s POV:Eve Mercer at nine months old had opinions.Not expressed in words yet but in the particular clarity of a person who knew what she wanted and made that known without ambiguity. She wanted to be held facing outward so she could see everything. She wanted specific people and would make her preference known when she did not get them. She wanted to be in the middle of whatever was happening and would protest with considerable volume if placed at the edge of it.She had Simone’s focus and Dean’s stubbornness and something entirely her own that neither of them could account for, a quality of attention that made you feel when she looked at you that you were being assessed and filed.Zoe recognized it immediately.The first time Zoe held her, about three months after Eve was born, she had looked at Eve and Eve had looked back and Zoe had said she is paying attention and Simone had said yes she is and Zoe had said good and had held her with the careful focus of someone who und
They Wanted Me Gone, So I Became Unforgettable Chapter 102: Something Lucas Said In The Dark
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