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Chapter 29 – The Gateway
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2023-02-10 22:11:14
JwgstoutThere were a few reasons why I wasn't able to post yesterday. Some of you may know I have an ill family member which requires me to take them to the hospital every day. some days are longer than others. Usually, I upload my chapters so I can just post them. However, I made a silly mistake and messed up the order of my chapters. It was very late at night by the time I was able to fix the silly mistake. There will be days that I am not able to post as we are still navigating our new normal routine in our household. That being said, I hope you are enjoying the story so far. I will be posting three chapters today and hopefully next week regular chapter posting will resume!
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