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Chapter 008

Author: Lucia Joseph
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Ava pov

“What did you say?” I asked the old man, trying to process the words that came out of his mouth.

What does he mean by "I need to be prepared for what's coming"? What exactly is coming that I need to get ready for?

“You start work tomorrow, right? This place gets busy on weekends, so you need to eat and get your strength,” he said casually as he cleaned up the mess. “Eat your food quickly, then you can sleep in the room.”

I nodded, trying to understand everything before finally smiling. I must have been overthinking. His words sounded reasonable enough.

I sat down and quickly started eating the food in front of me, my stomach growling, clearly in need of it.

“You done?” The man asked, coming over to check on me just a few minutes later. The look on his face showed he was surprised to see me finish so fast.

“I was really hungry,” I muttered, and he nodded, giving me a smile.

“That’s to be expected, especially for a woman in your condition,” he said, looking around before adding,
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