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Liam woke up the next morning with a backache, he didn't sleep early last night and when he finally got to sleep, he was too troubled to get any sleep, he just couldn't rob off the idea that everything wasn't okay on the island, he had a bad feeling something bad might have happened while he was away, but there was no way if finding out because Ruby's contact wasn't going through and he didn't have the numbers of the other team members, he should have taken their numbers but it had somehow escaped him.

He stretched himself and walked into the shower to take a bath when he got back he saw a missed call from his mom, he knew she would call if he keeps avoiding her and she might show up at his house too, he didn't want them around, and he wasn't going to call her back, he just didn't want to deal with them.

"Liam?"

He heard Luca call his name before the door to his room opened, he didn't even know he was in the house.

"Bro, good morning, I didn't know you were here and so early? Do you h
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