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Chapter 28: The Shit Can Never Be Holy, My Prince“Really Jonathan. Is that supposed to help? Supposed to make us start on a clean slate or something?”“Loo—”“That’s supposed to make up for years of absence.”“Maka—”“For years of disappointments after mourning after disappointment after hope then back to mourning? That’s your excuse for—”“Makayla” he said, raising his voice a little louder than usual, but not loud enough to wake the sleeping kids a couple rooms away. “You need to understand that it wasn’t a choice. I had to—”“You didn’t have to do shit Jonathan” she barked back, standing up in rage. The sadness and hopelessness on her face suddenly changing to unholy anger. “You didn’t have to leave me to mourn by myself when I got pregnant and lost my son the first time. You had a choice to attend me and my husband’s wedding, you didn’t show up.”“C’mon Makayla, that’s in the…”“No it’s not. No it’s not in the past. And by the way, you sure as hell could at least pay some respect
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Last Updated : 2024-01-09Rings of the Realms Chapter 32
Chapter 32: The MurkiesThe dark, resonating voice sent a trickle of fear down her spine, and without thinking, she immediately got up from the floor and was about to head back to the hospital. When just as she turned, another murky figure slowly came out of the darkness. “Come on, it’s kind of rude not to answer when someone says ‘hi’ sweetheart” he said, slowly etching closer to her. Seeing that she really had no options, being cornered from both sides, she made a break for the space in the middle. Running as fast as she could to wherever her feeble legs could take her. The two dark figures met side by side, watching her run off, crossing the empty, streetlight-filled road and into a field that was virtually a cul-de-sac. “I’m not going to chase you” they both echoed in disturbingly similar fashion.Running through the field, maize crops smacking against her from every side, she maintained a steady pace. Refusing to give up nor relent until she made it out. And thankfully, she did
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