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Chapter Sixteen : Trouser and Hoodie Jacket
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2024-10-29 19:42:56October 23, 2019
Baguio City, Philippines
Oblivious, Thera brought her right hand across her left chest. She was almost there. There were still a lot of memories that were trying to break free from her mind but it felt like her brain will explode if she would force herself to remember.
Those flashes made her more confused, though. She was clearly begging Sean for a second chance from the memory from the bathtub. But from the memory that pricked in her mind earlier, why was she as cold as ice? And though she was evidently trying so hard to be cold and mean towards him, in the end, she cried when she saw him hurt his finger.
What made her change? When did she start to be disdainful towards Sean? Towards the people around her? Everyone who was once dear to her, why did she consider them now as her enemy? Especially with Kisses, why was she angry with her?
Thera could not remember having a misunderstanding with her best friend befor
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