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Chapter 54: RYDER

Author: Jordan Silver
last update Last Updated: 2023-08-17 14:01:41
There was a lot to be done, not just me turning up at the house. I had to call Janie's dad and my manager, and anyone else who would be affected by this change with the pretense that I cared. Things had already been worked out where I'd have an excuse for not being here and not being able to spend any time with Janie at the hospital since she was in quarantine. This was all explained to me on the way to the house, and I don't know how many times I asked the question of whether three little girls had really planned all this.

It seemed so meticulous, calculated even, that it was hard to wrap my mind around it. My only answers, though, were usually grunts and nods, if that, and I was left to draw my own conclusions. I was driven around to the back of my home, a place I don't think I'd ever seen before we filed out of the three vans that came.

We snuck inside without being noticed, and it was then I was told that the men in hazmat suits who were going to show up were part of Lyon's squad a
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