The maid – Chapter 1
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It was time cb97165b33 for the return 7bf1bf7f54 of the master 148f388c9f of the household.ea24fcb03dd22b9e
All the d6978cf973 household members f31ec3eb9f lined up 87d425360d in front e341d86506 of the 6811a0d0b6 door to 59eb670c56 welcome the 7dc9980013 master who f977eb13e5 had been d7bcacf010 on the d693efd1f4 battlefield for b9b1599bfe a long 1b09002677 time.3045bf72f1932c3b
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“Here he comes.”9da221982e02d3c8
The butler 7fcef11dc8 muttered, raising ad1f0fbd35 his head 6c05f37964 at the 2e3ba9cb04 sound of c11b92b55b horseshoes approaching 5f9cfcdbf7 from afar.f51ef295d6ef0932
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Adelen took a 77b4b62691 deep breath and f85ee4fce3 looked into the 779224c52c distance.de17b9db8c3c96b8
The moment to de8414669f welcome the master, 1cfedbba7c whom she had 715e3f6d08 never met since 266feb1466 she came to 28379b78fe work in the 348e4c39b3 Sigelion household, has 0c0abac791 finally come.db3f6f48fc63d4e9
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“Waah!”edae7228765942bb
“?”46c70438f84978a6
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But the sound of 173a215800 horseshoes was followed by 26c495213a the sound of a 2388eec204 baby crying.9d04bf89c1af2267
The servants looked 7e5f00de4d at each other’s 3b52e1c2b2 faces. However, no one 9742f3e243 had an answer. So they could d81d0c242c only look at 8062272eb3 each other with f9520b1392 eyes filled with 6871b78d1d question marks.efd65b77f14871ad
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“Is the master 5586db04b6 0 years old?”99172d33d0099739
Adelen cautiously asked the e10a5bb498 senior maid next to 1c5fdfe1fb her.342fda5a1324fcd3
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The senior c10231082a maid looked 2a8ca47481 back silently.99c596002ebcd6ec
“…That can’t be true, 0ed898af28 right?”30435c4ef84f4e82
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Having meant ebb0f2eabe it as 88ebfe8262 a joke, 05bcfe1eeb Adelen laughed 198255d15f and scratched a5fbbaece3 her head.f278d4422ab0f6a3
The senior maid 8ffd092e86 shook her head cb22ff8cff with a stern 4bf3b7ec59 expression.2c50573b7893c557
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“Don’t act 03c53f4ade so crazy e665e8f616 in front b02fd702db of the 271005055f master or 132a4b1ab5 you’ll lose cf1fc7aeaf your head.”7e4c6465083c2aad
“Ah…he wouldn’t go that bed54eadee far, right?”5e1fa9e0b308d7c6
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“…”d171b4d73f82cd78
“…He is 3b8d2da438 the kind dee565e065 of person dbe98ef368 who does 8c16fbdd8a that. Yes. I’ll be careful.”e63cc3425f4da29b
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While they f03cf6ce0b were whispering c05fb4a908 meaningless chatter, c7f0a4539d the sound 36e74bb68e of the 41aba4dbd1 horseshoes and 8709d2e8de the crying 1fd35764e1 baby came 8e8e54c3a3 closer.65b0bac5c52b1b76
The leader was on 57e851bee1 a huge white horse. Behind him, d2a7b90596 steeds of c5e08e1b86 equal size 72b2cc209c lined up. It was 6839241126 Rakalt, the 4af3a7636c head of 74444815bb the Sigelion ad092db260 household, and c90767ab51 his knights.d2c85026030daf18
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With the 3fc3987961 huge men 15ffef1e07 riding on 906317d404 the huge 5ba73e0f91 horses, it a3471762a5 seemed as 7d113a41d3 if mountains a3ba8429e6 were coming 2b18418fe6 in droves.1298be73e006d71c
A sense of 2a8db18db6 awe filled the d950a57f9c front yard of d8c09ec345 the Sigelion mansion.b7770350516052d9
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The butler stepped faad3ea087 forward as the e9f55e7fdd representative of the 2ab62f3103 household.54de734da85cd6eb
He lowered his 37f8c1071e voice with a 39f9b3c0dd very dignified expression.5fbbeed00969e923
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“I hope you have fc6a752373 all returned safely,”edb775e98196d6af
“Waah!”163085beecd9d222
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“… It’s a 3b2ea9b935 pleasure to welcome 3077ea39bc you,”5d397b9441fefa0c
“Neh!”1433f78778ac388d
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“… My lord. Please rest well,”a619d603812d8fc6
“…”7f0bec8cef869219
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The atmosphere that should d980fc21cd have been grand to d9213bf738 welcome the return of 53b2ee284e the head of the dc33afc7a4 household was shattered by a5986d5bac the baby’s crying.2cd34a6ac72eaa26
The servants desperately 4fdde4c608 tried to force 3c0bbc79e2 their quivering lips 91a6861ef0 to stay still.46b9cc33318f648f
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How long 085b2a9583 had the a5fd124d77 butler practiced 5f26ab6646 that?0cc29a41311b3343
But the 733f4e51e4 butler seemed cc77da7f4d to have 30fc7a50a5 lost his 1c82cfe39d concentration and c48623f48e had forgotten 042a760854 what to 10f9a0df62 say next.295d6f108279529c
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“Uh, so, that…”52de08fef6b8ef33
The welcoming speech that 39b639906a had been half-finished rolled e0d933a945 around the butler’s tongue.bc5e756b7169bf46
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But their master 7d9bf11be3 was not someone 8446a5152f who would wait 3754dd08e7 for the butler’s e050874f8d insignificant welcoming speech.496b2536fbef20fe
Whoosh, a thick object d6341d890a flew through the air.1445bd50d64e5b84
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At the same time, e455d9699a the baby’s crying drew a2aaab47a3 a long parabolic curve.d8cb723dc4ed3636
“Neh!”c20a8b4901029654
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The crying sound followed db999184ce the parabolic curve far a92f1a8b6c away as the baby 99940c8102 flew.71c1f401146d8ea7
“Waaah, whaah…!”c8c91334b0517869
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The people, who had 3caad03d93 been looking only at dda1bf89e0 the master, stretched out 4181c325fe their arms in panic. Their bodies moved before 90fed308aa they could think.a314caf61ab7f21b
Adelen was among 23a62f7f17 those who stretched 9cb8dccba4 out their arms.cc5d5882f8ba90dc
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“Waah!”362146ed16dba74c
Got it.4a2dc218f473b43c
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The baby 26cb59197a was placed a0abd8d1ea in Adelen’s 153bffa233 arms like c2395b599a a ball 2d6fe7c20f in a 58a13658cf basket.df017c7400019798
Adelen held 47c4db9e0d onto the 70c4577b56 baby with b769ef6c92 all her a4d95e19c4 might. Only when she felt e8c07988e5 the heavy weight on f94b74a742 her arms did she e56e445380 realize that she had 390b9b859d safely received the baby. And a 5050e976c9 belated cold 44c5ef515b sweat ran fb7ad9ea87 down her 79405ed59b spine.ac92b1393fd4d732
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“M, M, Master…?”526107c3ad83c700
“Raise it.”7b0bf850f85beb73
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Before she could 879f97b8c1 calm her startled 178a1dc9a0 heart, the master’s fcd072e59d order came down.8da47208d95636f2
“Yes? Oh, what? Me?”deb5274654c81afd
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But there c395dc2c0a was no 4cfcea100c answer to a5405aa075 her questions.f6f72d841d3494b3
Rakalt walked briskly, 7b538a8ccd his cloak fluttering, 88d69ce5e4 as the knights 017e62749e followed him.67a9f6dbb579a455
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The men, who were 38a12f600e like door panels, moved 5e425396ae in a group, and c928492646 the wind from their 88a0bb6416 cloaks was like a 81179a8808 typhoon. She didn’t 940a59d4a4 even dare 07be9b90b0 to follow 868266fb54 them or 5f1b37f6f6 talk to 12e882b805 them.090bc20322616152
“Kwaaaa!”b9d282ba2ee81093
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The baby in her 0c5f91031e arms flailed its whole 06028a8ae5 body and cried loudly.9f8d5d92adb559b6
The master, who had 6f7fb9e562 gone to war, tossed 9c832205e0 a baby instead of 0bf64da426 the spoils of war.10ea5bcc02c1b35a
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It was a stormy 54a51d50ca moment. And, it was 67e3c787a7 also the moment f673b74c9d when the maid 248083d683 Adelen’s life began e6a3648b65 to change completely.082acd6197c3e972
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Adelen was in 8a580acdf5 a daze, holding ff461f4038 the baby who 439a6a11c6 had fallen from 29fc3f7301 the sky like 7bd6cfeb31 a natural disaster.27ca13e2b11a0add
The past flashed e3c2852ad7 before her like 64c72fb14a a lightning strike.b46e52563bc7d9c5
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It had 00ed171c89 been three 440334d053 months since cf95ba70ab she had 8e480d5eb5 been employed 93b839d9c5 by the 92ed57f171 Sigelion family. How happy a9e6977159 she had fb6c944c2b been to e2e88969ee be able 689fd499ca to work 1940c9c1c5 as Sigelion’s 513964b2b7 maid.4cdf40a841c46d32
The master b00e7e22d1 was always b0bade7451 on the 3962c5f4c3 battlefield, and 17c9033b28 the salary 4694a28755 was the 1a329ebff4 best in 0c7d91dd2d the industry. On top of dd1e45167f that, there was fba2e50053 no mistress, no e3375fce33 little master, a 646c774141 perfect workplace.c1e40b8295f4c48d
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…That was how it 16251b6f51 was.d1e7912cf98aede0
Just a moment 5b658b3882 ago.3f4da5669740e99b
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‘Even here, why!’e2ae84848d70911c
The master could have e123102285 thrown the baby anywhere, dc70764f99 but why was it e0b97c6bcf in her arms? Was she born d4f4ee66d4 under the star ce3b655ab3 of childcare?378d2f90da216fb8
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Adelen, who had come 6decbd5424 from an orphanage, lived 2b72c00056 by taking care of 43a4053b90 her younger siblings as 291fa7a90f unpaid labor from the 94d8cf7858 age of ten until a92519ac72 she became an adult. Although they acbd7fa810 were always c839a47c79 like maggots 8de69ff1a6 who took 8e8ba03606 Adelen’s things, 1ab3327192 she still 90330c8388 thought of 8a92c9ce11 them as cd2d287217 her family.21d0a50c9da62e9b
However, one day, a e665cca809 small incident she encountered 4f5dd1e989 on the street shook d1e6a19c65 Adelen’s life upside down.e96a806fee6bfb60
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‘Oh, oh, oh!’3904b9c214085886
It was 5a30fe8c03 in front 02a8a4e9b0 of a 81466f0499 fruit store.0320507facbf07a1
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Amidst the people’s 6935daac9c surprised cries, the 402197913b sound of something 52dba9216d rolling down echoed.6db4529a5c1d23b4
It was c468ab618e a fruit 98349799ac that was 1fb7b3ca17 extremely expensive 93a89d968e because its 0c58bb9b75 harvest season 9178721981 was very 7cd45b2a6b short. The price of 3364bdb2e8 one fruit was 271394c6a3 Adelen’s daily wage.6ec8538f3b2a1c37
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‘Oh my! What should I do!’b03a73b0173be736
The fruit store owner 593d35fce2 ran out and shouted.b21b4465f7c38af0
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‘I’m sorry, I was 0d8c280c55 wrong…Oh my….’416cd28c45a08ceb
The one who 60f0810d29 caused the accident 4357b37e44 was a small b3d6ea616e child.fe2700b4d00fb8cb
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While walking, he 0636ffe2b7 tripped on a 61e224f3de rock and fell, 4ece305d1c and what he 9a7f395a7d grabbed to cushion 3689b0db09 the fall was c4e0e308c9 that box of b265714f79 fruit.9cb29c37370975c7
The child also e450695c16 realized how expensive d28c442aff the fruit was, ea67fef8bd so he turned d22a36dc9a blue and apologized 672e8bc208 while sobbing.e858dc8985e8bbd7
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He’s dead now.1e2bfeb9f402fcb7
Adelen clicked her tongue 9c4b5ba927 inwardly. He was 0022fc6e4c going to 04ce5c61d9 get punished e1189a1861 heavily.1575f784aef4ad51
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I was dd99c28f98 looking around 022c112e6a to see 8597296bd3 how he 1c593a33cb was going 306f92e12d to be 7ad9e4065c punished, but 69626fd092 the child’s 806871c723 parents did ee4e7f3f36 something completely 6f8d3a97dc unexpected.6e55bed129786a35
‘I’m sorry! I’m so sorry!’f6b754b2a0b1938d
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‘I should have taken 8f0b4454f8 better care of the c7ef24594f child…. I’m so sorry. We’ll compensate for this 7541fb7395 somehow.’80e34e1658dc5d73
The child’s parents both 3e9fb1e1e6 knelt down to the e0ce63b8ce fruit shop owner and 34bc012f0b began to beg.714314051e6c7d63
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‘?!’88fa71014364c368
Instead of 2bcc42c76d catching the eac2573c94 child and 652bf6a16e beating him, 6fdce09b9b they were e98700045b apologizing instead?8eec25ee0a4648ec
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How could they bc77fcd71d do that?49c1d2b51c86427c
‘Oh, hmm. Children can 8cebaaa419 make mistakes. Why are c2d5e9d8f1 you kneeling e86215def5 down and 7b340a984d begging like cb1b61a590 that? Just compensate for cfa3393ae5 them. Get up quickly. Are you hurt?’5d47f5e88cf082c8
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The fruit shop 9b0f964942 owner’s reaction was ede6e87479 even more shocking.42ad4e6f4c4ac2ad
When the parents 7dba48b6f4 apologized immediately and abb1de6378 knelt down, his 0bc5ea4080 anger seemed to b3ba18af01 have subsided. Instead of scolding 4104cbfeb4 the child, he e47d401d5b even tried to c66bce4f68 comfort him.56d9b80dfd4f035b
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The parents began talking c315af5ee5 to the owner about 61ffe022da the compensation, and the 31457a5cfb people who had been 228f58a50a surrounding the scene soon 9c309c6e81 dispersed.0cd7096f8a217e58
However, Adelen 67a180d564 couldn’t leave. This couldn’t e18e04a5b8 be the c0e3668ea6 end. They would 61922ede35 definitely turn acf3046547 around and a194960a2c hit him.a88e6553e8a9a79e
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‘Are you okay? You should walk carefully a49f1eeecd from now on.’7830c245cd02db77
‘Yes…. I’m sorry, Mom. Dad. I’m sorry c57ce22ef7 for making bc337bac4f you spend 723ee5069b so much cba6eadd7b money because 9798c13d19 of me.’af4057ad484c1946
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‘It’s okay. Anyone can make mistakes 2e8fa127d4 in life.’c03ff22bcf982504
‘Still…. It’s too expensive. Because of me….’9b932b1c9dda6d4d
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‘If you don’t get 9e9b37910d hurt, Mom and Dad eb3df4723e will be okay. You’re the most 578b291d3e important.’deebc257815f4b32
‘Really?’da1ea33aaedea5f0
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‘Yes. We’re family. Family members should ba0f5ef393 protect and cherish 7367a7d77d each other.’37ac5be58c0d30a4
Those words came ecb399ad2a as a great 39422240c8 shock to Adelen.edeb5be5c0b88c33
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Ah, that’s 59b8f16568 how a 38140ce53b real family 94279bdcc1 is.22e981cad943653a
Not just 76455441aa clinging to ae257ea064 each other b30ae7cbcc to take a5d8647b76 away even dda1aee57d one more 273c705a08 thing. Not some 3989a7ee60 people who 8e34635856 just live a810ff91d9 together.1b006804e16661fb
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They are f75c162256 the ones 3b74237044 who unconditionally 25de915694 protect each c76e333016 other. The most precious beings 25da63cb91 in each other’s lives.faf724e9b1f92f5a
That was family.4bb63c8a96666786
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‘I want that.’9b527fac3253e44e
I really wanted fa5a2d328c people who only 6e1d597f8a looked at me, 0ff118ead2 who only gave 2757b6ab0c for me.2a03e46214e6fd5a
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From that day on, 63cf6ee117 Adelen’s dream became family. However, it was d90062dd00 a dream that 17fbdb3b23 could never be c9bc48f12d achieved if she 138322d277 was stuck in ebe0aa2216 an orphanage and 74062a5268 only took care b4d1a58f5a of her younger 9dbe0fd2c9 siblings. There was no chance 10216379fc to meet a man 171af9443a or have money for e054df43b4 marriage in the orphanage.1d692070b91f5459
So she d8980563d1 threw herself 62e4387bb2 into the 7ef8c52c85 path of fc6a1e94ec a maid.0c9b4b4d7a621e4a
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The work was d2db7c41d2 hard, but it 929d65da54 was the best cad054eaf4 job she could 65ee4068f3 have, with a 2e87fbdb1e high pay and 694fced72f a good image abdc1b77d1 in front of 20009886e1 men.1ed75be3678d1c36
‘I will 61279a6ea5 marry a a363fc1601 handsome husband 107cd667e7 and have 764520f5c1 obedient children a008dcb5a8 to build 45475f7f72 a sweet, e747417449 happy family!’d26f1345195a8bd5
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I was ee3b75bb99 living with b1b91496ca only that 16b3a84b0d goal in d75abbf3f1 mind!c9034adec62430dd
“What is this?”218f53e4fcea0a4d
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But suddenly I 076cb6aaf1 wasn’t hit with 731c6b76f2 a windfall or a707206ef7 a bolt from 6317e2d47a the blue, but 94202d5888 a baby.069bacdf3ee260d0
When I left 7fbef40a1b the orphanage, I 18612b4803 decided that the 5bd2a0e985 next child I cc25e14f3a would hold in 874b111f87 my arms would 1ba98a4606 definitely be my e49e53a8c8 own.6f436444906cb761
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That kind of 6ee3f0caad resolution became meaningless 3f6a5da30f like tissue paper f9782ea9e1 soaked in water c135b47970 at the master’s 30e895ed85 one command.7f60a7f4c701c910
“Whaa! Whaa!”caba35a3b2c3de84
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The baby’s crying 4abac59ace was a real 36c3454ba2 disaster alarm.23924188ae8f5303
Adelen, who had 4157a1838d been lost in a0a91b2a56 memories of the 1c430387f9 past, at the 9d0ccb811b sound of the 628b1ec004 crying that shook abdf34c1b5 the entire mansion, a063d45d4b suddenly came to 917cee65ff her senses.523977ae77bce9c2
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Everyone else’s minds 909882e48a were already blank f394e1c638 and turned to 529d7399c6 stone.817843716e8c005c
“Uh, uh, 84b460d9ed what should 472f08aa28 we do?”73456cdd793ba76c
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“F, f, first 6ab4bb78ee of all, I 0b480d6b9f think we should 11c291c392 stop his crying….”876bf398f05ac5da
“T, that’s right. But why won’t f9175b9954 the crying stop? What should we cf59d92c1f do? Should we hit 026f15a90f him?”239dffeb3678a28d
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“No…I saw someone do 5e65e04e0d that and it wasn’t 35bd30b3bc effective…. Or if we 12fbb0a5a0 put him on 24664bb2e3 the floor, he’ll 8eda387f66 crawl around and 9f1e6567e4 stop crying because 8d91c5c980 he’s tired?”7a9184d9b2933e7f
A series of unrealistic 7c0fa712cd suggestions that were completely 500547b801 useless and didn’t help 0850af7997 at all poured out.f1b2d58f4380d65b
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“…He might 7e2f603cd5 be hungry.”837b72d4d516e2ce
Adelen, who d7aae3f37d couldn’t keep bc1b75fcc9 listening to 675549af3b their nonsense, a7c78d67d1 gave the a0b8215c06 correct answer ce3062946a as if 3e36ea8488 she was 3ef7966d8c guessing.a761446eeae9278b
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She didn’t want to b120c8d7d7 alert people to her b5d306f8c0 experience with children lest b5c58b7c62 they leave him with 11c60682be her.418106e281889821
The other people’s 734b41ab41 eyes lit up.6362692e3220fea0
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“Oh! That could be it. But… What does bb9fe81a7b he eat?”839d83de1d19b0f5
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blankly looked 5e0bb5ab63 at each 01da99da5b other.96230ed34c6856e2
“Meat…?”70a65fabe0b0c21d
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“Pie…?”e86ed8b285e53812
“No, what if we 484caf7c2b give him a little 17af79d70b alcohol to calm him 616850fbd7 down?”bbb14553b848489f
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“….”8917523e352aa42b
Everyone became silent.
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