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32 - New Attitude

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last update publish date: 2026-05-10 01:48:54

Kassidy's POV

The moment I woke up, first thing I noticed was that Eli was gone. It didn't matter that he'd said he would leave when I slept—his absence hurt for some inexplicable reason. My desk chair was empty and the door was shut, and for several minutes, I just lay there staring at the spot where he had been sitting and wondering if I had dreamed the whole thing.

Eventually, I got up, brushed my teeth, pulled on my hoodie from last night, and opened my bedroom door to go downstairs. And No
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