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Author: Oma
last update publish date: 2026-01-09 23:06:58

JANET’S POV:

“No, please, let me finish,” I said quickly, feigning desperation. “You both need to know what you’re letting into your lives again. She left Elijah. Once. She left knowing she had kids growing her, disappeared for years, and now she’s back acting like she’s some perfect mother. And everyone’s letting her. Elijah’s letting her.”

Mrs. Martinez was silent, staring at the photos as if trying to decode them.

I pressed on. “I tried to move on, you know. I really did. But how do you move
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