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CHAPTER NINE
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2024-10-29 19:42:56DON’T GO BEYOND
May 18, 2021
MADDY
Zack's late mom's bedroom is located in front of their dining room. Which explains the door that we saw earlier.
I have to admit that I feel scaredy-cat towards Zack's grandma. Her prickly attitude and her stern face bring fear to me.
She even made the guys leave when they were about to accompany us. She’s being freaking conservative, and I hate it. She’s making us wait outside for almost an hour now, but we didn’t say anything because we’re all so afraid of her. So we just sit silently on the dining chairs.
Before she leaves us here, she told us that she's just gonna fix something inside. It contradicts
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