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Talia's Gift

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last update Last Updated: 2025-03-26 12:04:27

It was dark. It was humid. And it was silent.

Three feelings registered in Ashley’s mind as soon as she regained consciousness. But there was only one thought in her mind—where was her child? Where was Scottie?

Though her eyes were still closed, her mind started to be awake already. Then, panic finally set in as her memories returned to the previous moments before she passed out.

It started when she chased her son to the comfort room. There were not many people in that restaurant when she remembered it but when her son dashed away, it was as if the people walking around started to unite to obstruct her way. When she finally got out of that weird predicament, there was a nagging feeling she had—something was wrong.

As someone who had been in multiple altercations with death, she knew deep down that there was something going on here. She just could not point it out, to be clear, she was more focused on chasing her son that she had shoved this thought at the back of her mind.

When she en
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