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Plan 1, failed.

Author: Taniamalloye
last update Last Updated: 2024-12-05 23:49:07

Jacopo Nicolo...

The discomfort and tension in my back grew with each second I remained hunched over the laptop, watching the woman sitting in the center of the walk-in closet, first taking a phone call that distracted her from using the laptop, and then going through her suitcases by taking her sweet time.

I leaned back when she closed one of the suitcases and moved to the next one, choosing different clothes to wear.

The failure of my initial plan provoked anger within me. I cracked my knuckles, the pop filling the quiet study I was locked in.

The tension only built up to a mountain on my shoulders when the woman pushed herself to her feet, struggling to stand up.

I've seen the way she walks. I've seen her limp. In fact, it was quite noticeable when she was walking down the aisle.

Like father, like daughter.

Victor Viper had the same limp on the same leg, but hers was a lot more exaggerated, almost as if she was trying too much to prove that she had a weakness, as if sh
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