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2022-02-28 01:14:03The moment my eyelid rose, I carefully got out of bed because I didn't want to wake Aria, got dressed, and headed back to my room.
Once I got inside, I took out my phone from my pocket and went straight to my call history, realizing that I had seventeen missed calls.
The majority of them were from my uncles and I supposed they heard about what had happened yesterday concerning the shooting and uncle Miles and they wanted to annoy me with their crazy suggestion to leave or die.
The last thing I wanted after walking up to an amazing morning was to hear these old crooks' voices, so I scrolled through all of their numerous calls and stopped on Tony's missed call.
After dialing his number, I waited impatiently for a coup
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