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Chapter 13: Emerald & Darius
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Chapter 13: Emerald & Darius
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Emerald looked down at her phone, knowing who she had to call and what she had to do, Faith had made it rather clear yesterday there was no way around this predicament she found herself in. She sighed running her fingers through her hair that was now messy from the other 20 times she ran her fingers through it.
Closing her green eyes, she thought about what would happen if she didn't do it, the Atwood family wasn't one to mess with, you were either on their side or against them and she knew anyone who was against never survived they all sunk like ships in a hurricane.
When she opened her eyes with all those thoughts in her mind, she dialled Darius's number, it took at least 5 rings for him to answer. "Hello?" He grumbled sounding like he just woke up.
"I'm sorry, did I wake you?" She asked even though the answer was clear as day by just hearing his voice, she knew she should have called him later in
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