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Chapter 7: We are strangers
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2024-10-29 19:42:56Asher's POV
Half past Eleven Asher sat back in his desk chair and gave a mighty yawn.
He hadn't been able to sleep very much after the events of the night before. No matter how much he tried to think nothing of it, Summer had looked much too shaken after speaking with whoever was behind their club room door. Michael had also looked pretty angry despite his blatant effort to hide it.
Knowing whatever had happened was not his business it had still taken all of Asher's energy to not follow behind demanding to know what was going on. It had also drained him having to keep Gustavo and Stefen company until they too left in a flurry.
By the time he and David had left that evening Asher had felt like he had run a marathon, his exhaustion was bone deep.
The icing on the cake for the night had been how drunk David had gotten before they finally left.
Being the good friend he was Asher had esc
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