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꧁ CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO ꧂

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CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO

𝐷𝑖𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝐺𝑜𝑑𝑠 𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑦 𝑐𝑎𝑠𝑡 𝑎 ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑜𝑠 𝑐𝑢𝑟𝑠𝑒 𝑜𝑛 𝑎𝑙𝑙 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑏𝑟𝑎𝑣𝑒? 𝑂𝑟 𝑑𝑖𝑑 𝑤𝑒 𝑗𝑢𝑠𝑡 𝑝𝑟𝑒𝑓𝑒𝑟 𝑡𝑜 𝑜𝑛𝑙𝑦 𝑤𝑟𝑖𝑡𝑒 𝑎𝑏𝑜𝑢𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑓𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑒𝑛?

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𝐷𝑖𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝐺𝑜𝑑𝑠 𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑦 𝑐𝑎𝑠𝑡 𝑎 ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑜𝑠 𝑐𝑢𝑟𝑠𝑒 𝑜𝑛 𝑎𝑙𝑙 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑏𝑟𝑎𝑣𝑒
𝑂𝑟 𝑑𝑖𝑑 𝑤𝑒 𝑗𝑢𝑠𝑡 𝑝𝑟𝑒𝑓𝑒𝑟 𝑡𝑜 𝑜𝑛𝑙𝑦 𝑤𝑟𝑖𝑡𝑒 𝑎𝑏𝑜𝑢𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑓𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑒𝑛

𝐷𝑖𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝐺𝑜𝑑𝑠 𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑦 𝑐𝑎𝑠𝑡 𝑎 ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑜𝑠 𝑐𝑢𝑟𝑠𝑒 𝑜𝑛 𝑎𝑙𝑙 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑏𝑟𝑎𝑣𝑒? 𝑂𝑟 𝑑𝑖𝑑 𝑤𝑒 𝑗𝑢𝑠𝑡 𝑝𝑟𝑒𝑓𝑒𝑟 𝑡𝑜 𝑜𝑛𝑙𝑦 𝑤𝑟𝑖𝑡𝑒 𝑎𝑏𝑜𝑢𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑓𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑒𝑛?

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━━━ AFTER THE REVELATION, I DECIDED TO CATCH UP WITH SAMMY, it being days since I had seen my little brother. It would be a fine distraction from what I had to come to terms with, and I chose the long way home, taking the time to breathe in the night air because despite still not being able to touch anything, people being able to see me did make me feel a little better.

I should've taken the short route. I should've been quicker, I should've seen it coming. I should've been better, I should have predicted what happened.

But I didn't, and I would soon come to hate myself for it.

When I reached my house, the aura surrounding it was dark. Heavy. Indescribable. It settled in my heart like grief would, weighing me down. Suffocating. Painful.

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