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2021-07-05 17:50:36MATURE CONTENT ADVISORY. THIS CHAPTER AND THE FOLLOWING ONES AFTER THIS DEPICTS GRAPHIC VIOLENCE, TRIGGER THEMES THAT MIGHT NOT BE SUITABLE FOR ALL READERS. READER DISCRETION IS ADVISED.
~Bobbie~
I needed a girl’s night, at least that was the idea when my friends convinced me to have a sleepover at my place after work.
Tina sprawled herself over my bed while Mel and Candice fought like kids over the movie we would be watching. I saved myself from danger by laying on my stomach beside Tina, away from the two toddlers fighting, browsing her social media account. A picture took my interest, and I asked her to let me see it. I haven’t gone online in a long while and it surprised me to see that Zach’s profile was a picture of the two of us. The one on Valentine’s Day as we danced, almost hugging e
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