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Chapter 75: Ethan
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2024-10-29 19:42:56Chapter 75: Ethan
Faith’s P.O.V
“Faith, have something.” Debby slid her salad bowl across the table towards me. “You’ve been running around all morning for these submissions. You need to eat or you’ll be passed out in the middle of the hallway somewhere and we wouldn’t even be able to help you!”
“Babe, give the girl a break,” Nik sighed from beside her. “Your nagging reminds me of my mother sometimes.”
I looked up at Nik sharply, the assignment temporarily forgotten as an avalanche of old memories threatened to destroy whatever sense of sanity I had been able to establish over the past few weeks.
“Monika!” Debby snapped at her girlfriend, her elbow jabbing into her side as Nik winced and gave me an apologetic look.
“Sorry.”
I shook my head, getting back to finishing the rest of my assignment. “It&rsqu
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