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The Cursed Grave - #4
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2024-10-29 19:42:56The love from family
Is bound by blood and ties
And the care rendered is endless.
And so he started putting his plans in place one after the other. He bought a new house and a new car. All these, he never disclosed to Loya. Though the presence of riches in his life had prompted him to take a bold step in wedding her. Which he did just two months after just as her baby bump began to show. Mark continued to live with his wife in the one-room apartment until his mother visited them once again. His mother called him a failure at fathering a child when she realized in her assumption that he wasn't making any attempts to make his family conditions better. Since he already knew the kind of mother she was, he chose not to reveal his plans because if he did she will want him to consider her o
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