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Chapter Twenty-Nine
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2024-12-15 14:57:51JEROME
Stacy’s message buzzed my phone. The sound was short but loud enough that it got my attention, vibrating the desk on which I had dropped it. It was back in the room while I was on the balcony, staring at the darkening blue-black clouds.
I don’t know who I was expecting it to be. Maybe Nattie, maybe Kingston. They were after all the last people I had spoken to before I got home and met Stacy and Lisa lounged on my couch, snacking on popcorn and watching a reality show. I also thought it could be someone from school, someone from the movie makers and because of all these maybes, I had forced myself to get up and check who was texting me at ten pm in the night.
It wasn’t anyone of them, to my disappointment and also to my relief. It was Stacy. The last time Stacy and I texted, I couldn’t even remember the last time that happened.
I found myself st
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