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Chapter 41: Hurt

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Warm water droplets slowly trickled down my back as I sat on the shower floor with a towel wrapped around me. The steam blanketing over me as I played out how the evening with my parents would go.

There was a knock on the bathroom door. "What are you doing in there?" Constantine called.

"Shaving my head," I yelled.

There was silence and it seemed as if he had let go of the door handle. I heard shuffling and a few clicks before door swung open. His eyes widened as he saw me curled on the floo
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Becky Evans
It's really sad but April had to stand up for what was right for her....not what her mother wanted. Her mother is being selfish.
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Nunu
is this novel going to be updated regularly? it's been like a year since it was last updated. it's a shame because it's good.
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