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37 - Friends
SweetbitteHeya Dear readers, This chapter has been a headache. Not only did I struggle to produce a scenario where Bea meets her mother, but an ending to it would lead to the next moment of the book. I procrastinated over it for two weeks, and even though I am still not happy with how it turned out, I thought I shouldn't hold it longer than I have. Forgive me for not uploading last week <3 xoxo Sweetbitte
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