Meanwhile, I had just landed in Asheolia. Victoria had been quiet and well-behaved throughout the dozens of hours of flying, which saved me a lot of stress.After getting off the plane, I took out the local Asheolian SIM card from the envelope Rowan had given me and installed it in my phone. At the arrival gate, I spotted Melanie Tanner and her son, Carter Baldwin, waiting to pick me up. Carter was eight years my senior. After my parents passed away, he had been my confidant for a very long time. Melanie gently stroked my cheek, noticing the wound on my temple. She said softly, "You've been through so much, my child. If your parents could see this, they'd be beside themselves with worry..."I grew up in the faculty housing complex of the Academy, where the Baldwins were our neighbors. When I was five years old, my parents died while conducting scientific research. After that, I thought I was completely alone in the world.Later, everyone in the housing complex became like parent
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