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022: Gym and its secrets

Author: Nengi Christian
last update Last Updated: 2022-12-22 23:45:19

×Anastasia×

Griffin returned from the bathroom twenty minutes later, his pants were fixed and he looked a little bit disheveled. I'd made some tea for myself, and prepared a quick and easy pasta. It was Ryan's favorite. My brother could eat pasta every day for the rest of his life and never get bored of it. So yes, there was something wrong with him.

The memory of my brother brought me a bittersweet smile. I have three siblings. Ryan, Exclipsa, and Marion.

They were all older than me but we treated each other like the best of pals. Exclipsa was by far my favorite sister, but I loved Marion just as much.

She had a more empathetic personality. And sometimes minded her own business. Something you won't see enough if you ever heard stories of my siblings. People don't like Exclipsa.

She went through boyfriends every week like she was on a shoe sale.

And Ryan. Ryan never told anyone that he was gay. He seemed to think that he would be insulted for it, and Gastillos don't like to give pe
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