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Chapter 16: In Which She Sneaks In
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2024-10-29 19:42:56She was so angry at her father but she didn't know how to take it out or who to take it and on. Isla had been sad, disappointed, and glum before but rarely was she ever as furious as she was at the moment.
Her eyes landed on the open window of her room with the tree swinging side to side outside it and she did the only rational thing she could think of.
Getting a strong grip on the nearest branch she swung herself and climbed down as she had so many times previously.She had decided to sneak of to the pool house where hopefully Alexander was back from his errand. Maybe he could make her feel better like he usually did.
She reached the pool house and took a peek inside the pool house from the glass door, only the kitchen light seemed to be on but that was understandable sin
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