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Chapter 306: The Hero's Journey Ends
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2024-10-29 19:42:56There were no shops that sold clothing open that late. Lila had paid for all the essentials and more than a few cans of soup to last for a bit, before giving up. She handed over the plastic shopping bags, letting the sharp edges of the handles dig into Emmet’s skin, before running off back to her own home to pick up some clothes for the next day.
She had made them promise that they would go straight home and not open the doors to any strangers, and that they wouldn’t go camera searching.
It had only been then that she revealed the fact that she had gone through a similar camera hunting experience and that the only reason that she was camera free was because, if she had not been camera free, her employers would technically be possessing explicit images of children.
She had also convinced them that graphic sexual actions were going to occur, so there wouldn’t be cameras angled to face the bed, and that the bathroom was going to be free as well.
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