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Chapter 10
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~Fola~
When I woke up on Friday morning to see that the time was 7:30am, I instantly went back to sleep. I already overslept so I did not even feel the need to stand up and start dressing up for school.
It's not like I even felt like going in the first place.
"Are you going to ditch school?"
I opened my eyes to see my brother sticking his head in through my slightly opened door. I was already dozing off that I did not hear when he opened the door.
"Yeah."
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