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Chapter 12
“You haven’t mentioned anything about what I asked you a little while ago,” he reminded me.
I knew exactly what he was referring to, even without having to ask him.
We were sitting on the porch of the house. The children, after much crying and reassuring words, managed to fall asleep. Donovan helped me clean up the remnants of what happened, tidying up the room and throwing everything broken into the trash. He kept quiet, helping me without complaint. In fact, I didn’t even ask for it. Seeing me pick up all the mess from the room, he just silently joined in.
“You have a lot to explain to me,” I changed the subject.
He nodded in agreement.
The night was peaceful. As if everything I had experienced hours before had just been a bad dream. The stars twinkled in the sky, while the moon was the protagonist of the story.
Would this leave traumas on my si
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