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Chapter 74:  Suspicion and Sleep

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FAITH

The night had settled in, a comforting blanket of darkness wrapping around the city as I sat on my bed, phone in hand, casually texting Austin.

Austin: So, what’s your plan now? You know… for everything?

I stared at the message for a moment, my fingers hovering over the screen. What was my plan? I hadn’t exactly thought that far ahead. Between dealing with the fallout of my pregnancy being outed and keeping Blaze from finding out that Austin knew too much, I barely had the energy to think beyond surviving the next day.

I sighed, typing back.

Me: What do you mean?

His reply was almost instant.

Austin: I me

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