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2024-10-29 19:42:56Year 1853
Miss Yerez stepped out of the carriage. "I hope your luck will never run out."
She thought Thea was lucky to have escaped the massacre. How could a little kid get away from that? It didn't make sense. And no one expected them to take Thea to the orphanage, which was so far away, from the McCollen residence.
Luckily the security guards arrived soon, otherwise Thea's fate might have ended tragically too.
Thea who had been looking out the window all the way, slowly began to notice a familiar sight.
Her heart was beating fast for no reason. She gripped her tattered dress.
'Mother father. I am home!'
They arrived at Thea's residence after the sun had passed its peak.
The black ruins of the building were only half standing.
Thea stopped in front of the gate. The only part that is not affected by any events. Her legs couldn't move. Memories of that moment flashed through her mind.
‘…Madam
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