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CHAPTER 4

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NOAH'S POV

She's afraid of the dark.

That was the only thought in my head when the lights went out.

Power outage like this was frequent in this part of town and somehow, it had become normal. Not to Ivy, however.

Not when she was afraid of the dark.

I tried to mind my business while straining to hear whether she was okay.

The lights would be back on in less than ten minutes. Surely her phobia wasn't that bad that she couldn't manage ten minutes.

Hopefully…

Ivy had been quiet all day. With how
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