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[44] LAS VEGAS MEETS LONDON
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2021-05-30 07:56:58The sun hit Aramide's skin as she walked out of the airport with her traveling bag in her left hand. The Afro-haired woman sighed as she breathed the air of London. Nostalgia hit her in waves, She took a few minutes to access her environment, Everything seemed fine. She breathed again.
Aramide just needed to take things one step at a time. This was for Aracely, not for anything or anyone else, She was going to face her past so her daughter could live.
She headed towards the car that had been waiting to take her to the hotel she would stay in while she tried to find Cole, it was almost funny though, So many years she had put so much effort into trying to hide from Cole, and today, she was looking for him.
She was the one —who now had to look for Cole. It was simply pathetic, All those years she had hidden her daughter from Cole, just so this disease would force her to his doorstep to tell him th
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