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14 A LONG-HAUL JOURNEY AHEAD
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2024-10-29 19:42:56Jojo drove Arissa back home to her apartment. Along the way, there was an unlikely awkward silence between them both. Arissa was busy with her own thoughts while Jojo occasionally glanced at her with nervousness and guilt in his eyes. Only the sound of the radio broke the endless silence between the two of them. For Jojo, the journey home that day seemed like forever because Arissa usually does lots of talking along the way. She would spill out anything and everything to him. Either does him. They have always been the perfect partner in crime from college. Today, they turn into a pair of strangers who were in the same car. Sobbing inwardly…
Jojo really wanted to cry out loud at his current situation. Please…please…please…
Hurry up and get there as soon as possible….
Within 15 minutes, Jojo's car stopped at her apartment. Once arrived, Arissa immediately got down and stepped inside with a scowl on her face.
"Hey ... you'r
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