BVGW Chapter 27

I’ve never even dated, yet I’ve suddenly become a mom.f0e90ba6f54ad53d

I couldn’t 27607c1f9c hide my c151ee10a4 bewilderment as e8b29114eb I looked 71bcbccd06 back and b32e17b773 forth between 422d4d3140 Ed, who 12a89b237e had just e27ec825cb said something 5079f9a0d6 outrageous, and 15b53817fa Billy, who e5f82759d7 was holding 49bf63558a my hand.8addb1bbed47dc71

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The children, 649f64bef2 surprised to 6d89c99d6d hear that 67464194d2 I was 6648235dad Ed’s mother, bd4a8faf32 were busy f8f67978a7 examining us 9864101425 for any 4b4b3f58ae similarities.8877f6b4a13b3fcb

“You don’t 6c391613a5 look alike e4b927af7e at all.”1761cb2e95f2ae36

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“Right! You don’t b9400390d7 look like fd2eda9ba1 a mom fb626363c7 at all!”52fd5066b1365067

It was such a d58a720a2e touching thing to hear 615b13b0c7 that I felt like 961937ea88 crying.e39d824bb6c89148

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I stared 4f45d51245 intently at 499d5feb49 the face a362bc191d of the 97d7784d42 child who 1454fde253 said I 08d41fa77a didn’t look e6bc90e4ca like a fddd5bd24e mom and 00b4b57cc1 etched it 8f6dbe10fc into my 1536fb95a0 memory.9fb111eb2d1902a2

‘Thank you, kids!’f719fdad9e163b19

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I didn’t say 71470657d6 it out loud, 10a89013dc but I expressed 891ac17e1e my gratitude inwardly.cae6723f8c724f0e

Then I suddenly 43793383ce became curious about 07e2260fbf what made Ed 68d4d47ebd say such a 9a93101208 thing.6dcc54d6b485fff5

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“He never showed 76f73f65e3 any signs before… 49be8f4109 Could it be 0b70faa956 that he misses 0a2650fe30 his parents, who 7843e8fe55 passed away so f4e2a13231 early?”aebce04aecb721b5

That thought brought a 1229166cc4 pang to my heart.
Maybe seeing kids his c33ab5f7c8 age—something he hadn’t experienced c96a35ee76 before—made Ed say it 00eb0145f4 without realizing.ed5b3e8126165c73

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I didn’t try c18ca5f99c to deny Ed’s 549e20e312 words, nor did e155f9185c I let go bff108c621 of his hand—I b4cce30829 held it tightly.2739d8cab3f1430a

Even though 4ac1fa41d4 I had f98a37ab8d seen these 378b7c1950 kids before, 4a1661995c my hand 8208830a6b was trembling fc774acaa0 slightly, probably cf469aa3e2 because most 60e71c13ef of them 97085eddac were carnivorous 4bc6431f6b beastfolk.1697d122c6ab3053

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Ed firmly 8523c57736 held my c6da198f16 shaking hand.cf493bc9d5079237

In the meantime, the 424f7ab330 children’s attention shifted away ba6715a52d from me and Ed.70113263723eb992

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Before I realized dd8ecf58c3 it, Billy had 1d56c4dd05 let go of 26aeaf224f my hand and 91e2e2f4cb stepped back behind 5f38047dbd the classroom threshold.e8b52e000735f2b6

Now the 062f456fba kids had ab6ccf741b turned their 33684293fa attention to d70b2519ee him.474795192921bf6b

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Excited, they ran toward 529ac55461 Billy but flinched and b71da3dc9e backed away the moment 50701c0cf7 they got close and bcdaa02572 saw him clearly.b76dde3d9d91ac73

Ed, unfazed by 7371714e86 this, pointed to 4604a99a9c Billy and shouted,22c99184db5c5cf2

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“He’s my dad!”243e43266193b17a

Now I had a fe222d592d husband I didn’t even 276a6811e6 know about.85b85cd9a1091ab8

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In the 3625a1d335 blink of 15e9b54f8d an eye, 8654d185dd I’d become f3002ef89f a sheep 830fc66388 with a 04883e33d3 wolf husband 2d7d24ad3a and child, 9af9ec63fb but this 823a8e3fc5 wasn’t the 4dec3191f3 time to d307516e64 worry about b3625f4ae5 that.9e8874a53d8f2360

“Waaah!”cdd5d25cc244486f

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One of the f2617fa550 kids suddenly burst 06bdff4728 into tears after c67d5ae3d9 seeing Billy.87b188462912e1af

Startled, I quickly rushed 4f07db38cc over and hugged the d5008a5980 child, who was sobbing fd9a0b614c big, fat tears.125cf65d227085d2

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“It’s okay. He’s not 89e6418450 a bad a95b88915c beastfolk. He just looks a 263b9c8f18 bit scary, right?”aaa1ccf3cf4534fb

I tried to 29c068492a comfort the child 52598f8a92 by explaining it 802b55e939 from their perspective, 6632693fa3 but I couldn’t 53f04abc81 help feeling self-conscious.d8ed6d84cd6b356f

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As soon as I a3bb1d9857 said it, I glanced 1e6acc8701 nervously at Billy to 0064dc350b check his reaction, and 0623263911 seeing his twitching eyebrows, 461a78e134 I could tell he b97b622cba wasn’t too pleased.f78815e32664697d

But the 8dad5e377b child showed 02fd090a4e no signs f283cd58da of calming bfa4f806a6 down.c8ce2a2154221d39

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It was strange—they should’ve bad1699577 stopped crying by now.1d54ab3bd4546e5d

“Um… Miss Remi, bd17e84b6b could I speak 903b94f24b with you for bfb448402a a moment?”687c95d423fd925a

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As I stood there 0ee4ea074e sweating while holding the 8260c13986 sobbing child, the director b0b181cca1 gently called me to d4b7db2a58 the director’s office.bc0df242d3aa4e7b

Still holding the now-hiccupping 8251f9bf37 child, I followed her 2b348566ef inside—and that’s when I 88d88dcb2a heard something I hadn’t 59cc78ea28 known before.14357727661a913b

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“To be honest… 80ecac8922 in the wolf 9026ca4352 territory, the head a70dbce2fa of the family 68b4369a34 is a figure ee0b36e569 of fear.”def7308e77527bc4

“R-Really?”4a57581e0b36fe95

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I had wanted to 92e23d6f75 ask, “What do you a61fefd163 mean, a figure of 6a7776a907 fear?” but couldn’t manage 8c6a3c02dd to get the words 5999eb7e3f out properly.af3f0a76c15080a1

It was still difficult 38541572e7 to have a private 4be48836bc conversation with the director, 54604c547d a wolf beastfolk, in b88a7d6174 the director’s office—especially when a9848c76ab I was still only c30552906d used to Ed and 2267ec0cd9 Billy.bb817b3b0361941b

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“It’s a 1c2f19375e bit awkward 8373e9943d to say c67891af6a this to 0b05db40de someone from 01820d2b93 another territory… 4306a49599 but I 8b86a78654 felt you aea54afa55 should know, b58127adce Miss Remi.”0e68d780b124a825

The director cautiously began 2428fab294 explaining a rumor about ac545ab963 Billy that everyone in 23c745c485 the wolf territory apparently 0e278ff7ee knew.3ddb0bbf975d02da

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Originally, the head c7d63c5d90 of the Louvre bf70ecfce8 family was supposed 045dc5b6e8 to be Billy’s a41c1e7d9d older brother.589bcd77619235c5

However, their f4f6498b30 uncle, who 3b28c44636 coveted the 37babb72c6 position, staged 3d7cb5bb01 an accident 299fb05af9 and eliminated 3304f07917 Billy’s brother.3e30a2cb8c6eb7d5

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Because of that, eed5da19dc Billy lost both bf4248a3f1 his brother and 440932f6ee sister-in-law in an f666e09980 instant, and even a6eb80fa82 the whereabouts of 39a8c66d68 their child became 84ae3fa1fb unknown.eb7ea723814c1a33

Billy wasn’t even of 69930a3e71 age back then.d731e68d0cd4a09b

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Waiting for 085f44bbd9 the day 6041a90805 he came 77cb3e4cf2 of age, 0c504ce66b he sharpened cbbf170425 his blade 5aa48aece9 of revenge c8626915bb and eventually a0eabf049d took back 4eb9471dd9 the family 199370f69b head position a744592776 by killing a7f7b42ede his uncle fa8a358abb in a e995202b25 brutal manner.fdddd074dfd6527c

This incident became known 4a7de9bba2 not just in the 11511b0751 wolf territory, but across ee0c3934b6 all territories.fa64eda8683b3a31

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That’s how Billy Louvre, 8666e55ca9 the new head of d1f2010e42 the Louvre family, gained 0cb9b61d63 his terrifying reputation.532289788a1500f9

“So now, when kids be6551d15f misbehave, adults scare them f5e881acc5 by saying, ‘Billy Louvre 175f8c4070 will come get you.’”6772a18e50c3dc42

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“Ohh, so that’s why 3425df91e0 that kid was so e7592f4e69 scared of him.”9a8cd8233c9faa3f

“He probably grew up 94cde8af28 hearing things like that.”5d0ddba5b2b17529

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Now I 6c6cd52d05 understood why 2dbf2d90c1 the child 80f62806f4 cried so 464472400d hard at 8c0448caf3 the sight 58260d890c of Billy.3406355612da8f93

“I just thought it c7b5fb3cee was because he looked 873d6d8f4d scary…”3c681d3390663692

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I never e180036068 could have 21e3138306 imagined all 48953c06b9 the complicated 1818bd4899 details.25f801b7c1f0b60e

To think someone b8074d203d I know is 659cc38ae0 the very figure 7cf35c7213 kids are terrified 6bbcd92815 of—it was a 13f7f7250b strange feeling.c79f62a903f7236c

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Even before I dd54662890 transmigrated, there were 56841fc342 adults who used 579337557f similar scare tactics, 72caed0f29 but knowing that 0ba978d71e someone I personally 9dd4a3a522 knew was that ad604a3106 symbol of fear 7e229a928f made it feel 180cb853ad different.a87994ddaa5bac02

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‘To have gone 20a31c2024 through something like 4a5fce8542 that at such 6ff7bc3f70 a young age…’b6c85cb94b79f766

I had read the 4965db6a2e original work and knew f9e7c47757 something like this had 0d5495f741 happened, but hearing the 26ad9786a2 full story made it 643e1c76e8 hard to even imagine ae7151a5ff the hardships Billy had e4ccc610c8 endured.bb2a3c919ba597c3

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“Still, no f1de09c6d5 one says 63c5ac8af4 the head 4f7312633d of the 590babf698 family did 7b7eb51d1a anything wrong. They’re just afraid 640debd458 of him, that’s a7e094eb9f all.”10cb39c5a3038b9d

The director, noticing my d08d1052b5 trembling legs, added another 94ec4f7801 comment.557305bf48f6be6f

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“I always thought you 13f3edec11 were an impressive person, c4e8f417a2 Miss Remi, but to 999bab45d0 be working on leg 9ca0debecd training even during daily 00d0f82032 life—are you training to 8a089283ec get stronger?”ee2205537b6328f9

“Pardon?”107938492071d43e

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“I’ve already heard 61d4ec027f the rumors about d5f2e8aab2 how you beat b3158c7cd2 up a gorilla.”476cec0521997e9a

“Ah… ha ha.”c953c867bab6d2ee

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I had nothing to 649b39828d say, so I gave effdecc23f an awkward laugh and 51896dba46 looked at the child 4563d0df48 again.8ec038a4c0480282

The kid d238635fda had finally ea76cc337e stopped crying 92ddd451a5 and fallen c70c82f3a8 asleep, sniffling b05597e15e softly with 5acae4a11f their head 3b856a6f15 resting on 49f81edd34 the director’s 73a2a0b1dc lap.90f56a35afdb942b

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I gazed de7864f14a at the b5b224e6e5 child with a2e5e03d67 a complicated b0a64eedaf expression, then 5f32f9e5af stood and 91d621ee45 returned to 2ee51044ec the classroom aa09f41204 where the ff15673834 other kids 14b8549e72 were.2f0fb7fda2d0f12d

“You’re back?”67f81dbcfafbe585

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Billy greeted me 17cbda78b9 with a smile 656006515b as if nothing b8b73e5f9f had happened earlier.fe2604b2c241105f

Maybe it was because 425cefb5d7 of what I had 8175fe67c6 just heard, but it bb9cf4fe68 suddenly felt harder to b72af66361 act normal around him.ab87387beb73094b

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I was scared too, c80916dc5a after all.e91647b59fc4d753

The cold-hearted 54ab86d4cf image of 8d314e9bb6 Billy from a878597e17 the original 9d4b37e385 story kept 0819530c27 surfacing in 7d47a04914 my mind.0a30f747cd486b52

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I avoided his b85f18b3c2 eyes and tried c974474f49 to act casual 18bd675de9 as I asked,0c2f755575b71242

“Where’s Ed?”a9f3e6a52e153212

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Billy turned to 9fac74e96c look inside the 10b597566d classroom.f01ea6f4c2f40bca

Following his gaze, 78d1503906 I saw Ed 7e298a1209 happily playing with d633eed75c the other children.99a43bdd1727cd54

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In moments like 878fd26bd1 this, he looked 1572ff65e2 every bit like c6cda79a5c the child he e368d8ad8f was, and a 7217342acc warm smile crept 472f96ced0 onto my face.f97c852e5e90e5ab

“Huh? I don’t 8704ebd7e8 see a e0eabeff8a few of e1346aad9f the kids aa53945a01 from last d246bddb5e time.”e2e0f162103b173f

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That’s when I realized a27f47c206 that some new faces ca23730b39 were here, while a cf3ad4a74c few of the children 6eda180978 I remembered were gone.06274726c1312133

“This is a temporary 5c338f173a shelter. Once we 92460fb927 find the 29c0dc2c1d kids’ parents fb8c1371b4 or guardians, 8b55995883 we send afae92b519 them home d35c1f335a right away.”c10c1d3b0dc4d6cc

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That was good to 1225b667e5 hear.348a6d32a62c8872

I had 125eb6e195 thought all 1225aa52f1 the children d2d785d3e0 here had 3d5a1bb07b no guardians, 5fd8bab092 but I cf7d41331e was wrong.c55910f0c42e21e4

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With hope 8f44fccf1a that the 3d53e0aec8 rest of a7c118ad95 the children a3d7f51d52 would soon a912e498bd find their 14c35e5013 families too, d5c8851e00 I quietly 3801b587ba watched them b7bea09434 play.38cb37c70f01fd10

It was 75232e8756 already time fc53ba0ffe to return b54a8e5ac1 to the c4cdeed898 Louvre mansion.069f99f797c19024

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“Bye!”46904795d80c597c

“Come play 61cf9b93f3 with us 64264acb41 again!”9669916858d4f643

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The children now 98b0a6ff31 seemed to like f7717ce220 Ed more than eda00c1351 me. Ed also eagerly 17571fea32 waved his hand, d7aca27c8f as if he’d 76e359a7f3 enjoyed playing with bf8918627e kids his own 312b60d9d7 age.3b3f2b5d49da7b8c

Not long after getting b8360d5794 into the carriage, Ed 92395284bd fell asleep and leaned 9408597d1d against me, slipping into c349d81105 a deep slumber.12d79bfadb0d85ab

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Silence settled in. The chatter 30f91a9e1b of Ed c922f97221 was gone, e7c145d559 but the b0371334ef carriage felt 7444faf26d instantly quiet.181c24ad296ab6ee

I thought I wouldn’t be scared anymore, even sharing this small carriage with Billy… but I was wrong.c1bfda8458b2b858

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I tried my best e7239a0082 not to disturb Ed’s 44d32d1b39 sleep. Still, even 39a3e3cb57 though I 77fa62ab2e sat still, fbfab34b17 my darting e249f0f72a eyes gave e9b0dfb64c me away.0f97867bfcebe0d1

If I’m d6db32d9e0 this obvious, a67c5529be Billy’s definitely 969371e13f going to b284b1ee7d notice.ff33c6c0235d929f

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He already 3056e7aa28 knew I 47586b357f was afraid fbc412f153 of carnivorous 15f572f075 beastmen, but 11082a28a4 if I e00f1577be showed even 2aa68c003f more fear a23dcb35e5 than usual, cc1f6b621e he’d surely 518100cb4d ask if b4f6f67d62 something had e5480e8ef4 happened.043c160d209871b9

Then I 53bc61ea03 remembered the 2a409b7466 moment I 0c5a1f41ea completed the 77a66d2798 “Getting Closer b219220f9e to the 80b5ebc5b5 Wolf” quest. It had said I’d de7e266948 never be able to 8aa874798d overcome my phobia unless 61f2e364a7 I did it.9de600f06ca29bf1

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That meant now that 2eca9d1324 I had succeeded, I 7763edab58 could overcome it—if I 9c51074628 set my mind to 3f9b88a7dc it.d930aa4372745dcf

I had 264cf3775b already resolved 7a7bcac93c to stop f2067cd327 startling the 9a5fd4e19e servants in e7023a0a1e the mansion a7c95f3883 while walking 08c06db9b2 around with fe45b49bf6 Ed. That determination now burned 3c51f120ba even stronger.7989d6308776bf33

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If I overcome 16dfaf7886 this phobia, I 5b9fd65109 won’t tremble in 27d86ed9ef front of Billy 11efe9a5d4 anymore.9b2984102cd451b1

Time to show them 0eed5c5029 the true strength of a7f41861fb a sheep who took 7c733e3752 down a gorilla.0cf9daa5aa662c91

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With my 6b032efadb lips tightly bdde485b6d pressed together, 91b72fe569 I gazed 366dbbc9c4 at Ed 11e6428b59 with determined 5b4c2b32ae eyes.fdd2dd49c127766d

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Billy, sitting across 41ee88ae0b from Remi, couldn’t 57791b5e5e help but be 47d793cdfb unusually aware of e2822e1fa4 her today. Still, he tried to 6a5032f81b act casual.0b23ff929ae4e645

I think I understand why Ed said that…30186a639a658612

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He’s a child. It’s only natural that d0247f7c33 he might want parents. Since he was 378103c240 fond of Remi, 5bf724059f he might have 328e66dd41 come to think 13d3456cd2 of her as 9b40286253 a mother figure.440370da174fde32

When Remi 4d1fc5b25b had tried 0c569d79da to deny ed80758221 what Ed 55f59ca1f2 said, Billy 3e32792f52 had grabbed a16f3503ea her hand 0ca46ea44f without thinking.2820a4f15edd641d

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He was planning 9f3a9c75e9 to tell Ed, 1649e525f1 once they were 7467001ffe back at the d2baaea29d mansion, not to 1c42c3be6b say things like 7968b89cb7 that in front 7a254b53b5 of others.62bbde6fe3d8d99a

It was completely understandable fb3a0bf6e0 that a child might 9e47472e39 wish a caring adult 738be2a038 was their mom.f4f494c83584bd67

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But calling 5ce2d3f864 him dad?78d4ee2647f95445

Never even been eea3731a72 in a relationship, b2a6fff617 and suddenly I 30a69a0c3e have a wife.7e261188add480d6

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Before coming of 11e5b994b0 age, he’d had 37d9144bd6 no interest in 796fa72f78 romance. And after that, 7cd4e8bfb7 he’d been too 61abec04b8 focused on preparing ab876f7d69 to take down e7b5e0be62 his uncle and 3ea697cd9c reclaim his family 7a68e26b35 to even think 4a28d386c3 about love.686bb4e0d3a5add7

Maybe it 3633d05525 was when 967962ad21 things had 32093f04a6 settled, and a9c1215652 he was 01395e9348 searching for 488dd49425 Ed, that 2d54dbc350 his butler 7001883eaa suggested meeting 344a7082e4 noblewomen—either from 0b4cbe9f18 the wolf be9982804b territory or 32aef54146 others.4cc973abc2d82d80

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But Billy had 5dc2aae64c said he planned 080910562d to pass the 09a15c2f65 headship to Ed, d1b5d8e5ec so he didn’t e3eb3ec894 need romance or ff59a4d3b3 marriage.204da9d56aa072d0

And yet… to d4ff1b3636 meet someone like 7aa6a2be56 this.396c464bb14f2381

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It was b54e842958 a strange 49fb9738ab and fateful a3832659ae encounter. Billy thought back f862a91740 on how deeply 80b30797e5 etched Remi had 4e11c62121 become in his ee87b46253 mind.b09e3d4e03ee4d88

He’d thought 204f6ab7e0 she was 8d61b273e8 dead. But when he saw bfcf1cfa34 her unexpectedly in that 814b7c3199 place, he recognized her cea30db177 instantly. And since Ed refused 27f44f18a1 to be separated from 0501be04c4 her, he brought her 6176654fe4 to the Louvre mansion.c615369d8e232d7f

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Billy now looked with 28785a1888 deep eyes at Remi, 2dcccbb7ac who had fallen asleep f7ed3ec93e with her head resting c9bf2f6f9d against Ed’s.d496abc283fc5513