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Chapter 136: Stolen Childhood

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“Today, I clock eighteen, and I have decided to keep a secret diary that only my maid knows about, because a lot of things are happening, and I do not want to forget all of it.

So welcome to Ashley’s diary…even though I hope no one ever gets to read it.”

Lily closed the diary when she read those lines, suddenly feeling like she was trespassing or invading a dead girl’s privacy. She clearly wrote that she hoped no one would ever read it, and Lily, although she never kept a diary of hers, knew that secret diaries were not meant for a second eye.

Maybe she should just stop, now that she hadn’t gone far.

“But she is already dead, and how would you know all you need to know if you do not read it?” Lily questioned herself. “You are already acting as Ashley Grander, and everyone believes that you are Ashley Grander. You are not invading on anyone’s privacy. Technically, you are simply reading your own diary that you did not write,” Lily added.

She was surprised that she actually talked
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