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Chapter 79: "This Version Is Different”

Author: Mart Grey
last update publish date: 2026-05-06 23:14:38
SARAH'S POV

"You are thinking too loud."

Michael expressed it without looking up from the wall he was studying. We were between games, standing in a corridor outside the main hall, and I had been standing six feet away from him for four minutes doing exactly what he said.

"I think quietly," I said.

"Not today." He turned. "What is it?"

I looked at him. This was the moment, let him see something real for now, not too much though, but just enough to crack the surface.

"What was your house like?”
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