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Chapter 27 - Choices
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2025-02-16 15:26:11Nadia
“Options?” Ivy asks, looking warily between us.
“You can do whatever you want,” I say, wanting it to be very clear to these women that they’re not trapped. “But the doctor has ordered a transport for you in the morning. We’ll make you comfortable tonight, but we’d like to send you down to a hospital a little north of here to –“
“What?” Ivy asks, her eyes widening, the word falling from her mouth on a huff of breath. She snaps her gaze between us, horrified. “N-no! We can’t go north! They’ll – they’ll enslave us! They’ll make us work for them! They’ll keep us in a room and send men to us –“
Grace stands straight, staring at the sisters, shocked.
I exhale slowly, trying to stay calm for their sake. I was worried this would be their reaction. I’ve heard rumors about
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