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Ninety-Eight

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ETHAN P.O.V.

I decided to go back out since I didn't find the pen Chloe had said. It meant that someone had entered the room and taken it. Grandma was the person who had access to this room and I was certain that she was the one who cleaned up the room after Emily was taken to the morgue.

Yet, I did not want to draw any conclusions. I needed to confirm who had come into the room first before coming to a conclusion. I sighed and shut my eyes. What the hell was all this? It was getting too much and my head was piling up. How did I end up between enemies? Grandma warned me to let Chloe go, perhaps I should have listened to her.

The frustration, I needed to let it out. The wall opposite me was the only available way to let it out, the anger. The worry. The frustration. Punching the wall seemed like the best way. Hence I did that, throwing my fist on the side.

The wall was rock hard, and it hurt but I like the hurt. It was better than the heaviness I felt in my heart. I continued to pu
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