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CHAPTER 29: POND
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2022-06-22 16:00:18“It’s always the beautiful souls who hide who they truly are and the hideous monsters on the inside that do all the flashing” Cory’s words rang loudly in Aurora’s head.
“Yeah, they sure do”
“I am sorry if I made you uncomfortable” he apologized, his apology coming as a surprise to Aurora, so much that she turned to face him.
“No, you do not have to apologize to me for anything”
“If you say so. I brought you here for you to see how beautiful things were and I just felt as though I have ruined things”
“No you did not; I needed to step out too” Aurora sat on the grass, carefree and not worried that she would ruin her perfect designer dress by sitting on the green grass.
“Aren’t you afraid that you would ruin your dress?”
“Nope, I hate the dress anyways” she joked and just then Cory took a seat next to her on the grass.<
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