BVGW Chapter 27

I’ve never even dated, yet I’ve suddenly become a mom.bfd564be06624f06

I couldn’t hide a70e503a36 my bewilderment as aa2da50b51 I looked back 8421b41355 and forth between 6d3e93a1bf Ed, who had 3a0bf46aac just said something 8fcab6086b outrageous, and Billy, bf6303ddca who was holding 320350dc63 my hand.9a93e35cc7815189

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The children, surprised to c9e1b6e46b hear that I was ec910df0f5 Ed’s mother, were busy 6971d4872e examining us for any 7f144aa6f6 similarities.d792b701bcc41494

“You don’t look alike 1b17ad89b1 at all.”5e0c1d87829cbc92

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“Right! You don’t e489df952b look like 2cb76ead2b a mom 91ac0e0c12 at all!”aab5db80e70b87a8

It was 342a6ccb97 such a d928149a5b touching thing d1694b00d7 to hear d328a4c598 that I 43e1987a5a felt like 4dff8abbf0 crying.b8afa557d855e76c

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I stared intently at a86d7e23e8 the face of the eb4a4c37f7 child who said I e0426eb4a0 didn’t look like a 44f1206e01 mom and etched it bbfc263297 into my memory.c081819f301250e8

‘Thank you, kids!’944763e3c2d3ceb4

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I didn’t da4423ac75 say it 1ee625d9db out loud, 8715e03137 but I 4336bf9fc6 expressed my fad56e651c gratitude inwardly.9dd66f0d5d3354d5

Then I suddenly 3b3f2e3e57 became curious about 10b09007ff what made Ed 5ff4c350ce say such a 602d9b851e thing.8af8d6f757ee66b0

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“He never showed 244a4aae01 any signs before… 6e1515d313 Could it be 07eee4e81d that he misses e37257b18e his parents, who e5787c7032 passed away so 9d3ce9bf6e early?”6d1289a7dc7929a9

That thought brought 3af2e18aae a pang to ea1139f8e5 my heart.
Maybe seeing c1c8423394 kids his 6aa2dd6640 age—something he 09ac83dc8a hadn’t experienced 284cda7a38 before—made Ed c90ea2f19c say it 07ef1b04d3 without realizing.27a207a72e9e64ca

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I didn’t try to 481d2069c5 deny Ed’s words, nor 303b8134f7 did I let go ed93ac2fe2 of his hand—I held 54ea56a9b9 it tightly.abece833d8eccfd3

Even though I cba82b704d had seen these 3cb2cef16a kids before, my 89200e0ec0 hand was trembling b7f33f68f3 slightly, probably because fe0ab77c14 most of them 25c37d8c79 were carnivorous beastfolk.f5f0198318ce4615

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Ed firmly held ca41a88e59 my shaking hand.9dff935b3e3e086f

In the fbbbabaaa1 meantime, the 0b2adc663d children’s attention af69ba520c shifted away 0f167dc763 from me d7adffc1c6 and Ed.f8a43438621a3be5

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Before I 1a0706f077 realized it, d49f336451 Billy had fe0172ca54 let go 51637e9e1b of my 06a19598a4 hand and dc4058b118 stepped back de88a3742f behind the d83f2d9fa7 classroom threshold.96b7781b6f25fafc

Now the 3b35a0ef5d kids had 339f4a27a3 turned their 0d14a4957f attention to 2204e504d5 him.1104004ff7fb90b3

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Excited, they ran b4ae2b15d2 toward Billy but 243539820e flinched and backed 38411fca5b away the moment 284fb44ec9 they got close c414084a05 and saw him a460f123b5 clearly.ece2b6bc5deead40

Ed, unfazed 882314acde by this, b3b52487b1 pointed to 520aad8292 Billy and 616e998d51 shouted,8198841e89a4b648

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“He’s my dad!”447c06386b6d0c28

Now I had a 68229e3301 husband I didn’t even 3d520fabbd know about.99a081ad27dc6b40

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In the blink e9a8f1ec53 of an eye, 9a1fb75e2e I’d become a d8a571e71f sheep with a 17cb40bc7d wolf husband and 1001f3d886 child, but this 532c6660ad wasn’t the time 29f443acbd to worry about a1f17f6f3e that.388ca5f6b0e17a93

“Waaah!”4c294224aa2cc5f3

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One of the b09b7739a7 kids suddenly burst 406a71b03d into tears after a6e914eb20 seeing Billy.826599c95fd39996

Startled, I a933d79f55 quickly rushed 2573e5a445 over and ef27d075cc hugged the 4f893a240d child, who 4d963f36f5 was sobbing 83dec02444 big, fat e34a40c4a5 tears.43d342eab020fdf8

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“It’s okay. He’s not 3c8e4e0b40 a bad 9972fd25e7 beastfolk. He just 94ee1f06ab looks a 3a13ea67ae bit scary, 27db3ba1e7 right?”64554a94383fd260

I tried to comfort 6b62ae2335 the child by explaining 87815f19a6 it from their perspective, dd2f8acc8d but I couldn’t help 40b4a9cede feeling self-conscious.42b840807ab47082

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As soon as I ae6d7bb67d said it, I glanced c3dad9d642 nervously at Billy to 6d3d79279b check his reaction, and 287a95dbcd seeing his twitching eyebrows, a1c0e02360 I could tell he 12f1c010bc wasn’t too pleased.c835f78d20b1d4b8

But the child e691da5cd7 showed no signs 1631105160 of calming down.a81b887c3e041dfb

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It was e7850e126f strange—they should’ve d8b0322fba stopped crying 09747d6d24 by now.37d53a4cbdb205cf

“Um… Miss Remi, could c69f282991 I speak with you 741eba55a2 for a moment?”6253af8aaf4e14f8

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As I stood there bdfa7e9340 sweating while holding the 47c562b804 sobbing child, the director 87dce5f34e gently called me to 4e9fdc38e7 the director’s office.6954759885d80043

Still holding the now-hiccupping f7dabed933 child, I followed her 75f044fa31 inside—and that’s when I 56226e0ad6 heard something I hadn’t 62da9c8111 known before.2f820ff03477c5b7

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“To be honest… in 56814736d4 the wolf territory, the 7868f6dc3b head of the family 1e5ea41a7d is a figure of d47ae0fa15 fear.”6f2c6265c757054e

“R-Really?”651f4447b9f4ef83

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I had 1c1bd47f30 wanted to 05104c3619 ask, “What fd41ae1113 do you c2c94c7763 mean, a 7e8192e4d7 figure of 581eac20be fear?” but 0338c7587d couldn’t manage a5890b5c92 to get 6f4679fb1c the words a6c2d7224a out properly.b5343fe8b80ca7d3

It was still difficult ac06b6abd7 to have a private 2583a9f556 conversation with the director, c755775f77 a wolf beastfolk, in ba55ad028d the director’s office—especially when b1cb469bb8 I was still only 878ce3b4fd used to Ed and b944b02758 Billy.bb5c7c1a62b8e250

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“It’s a bit f764d106ff awkward to say 785a5437bb this to someone 4a0cd58eef from another territory… b52f9ef4b4 but I felt c8dd5d8521 you should know, 364dd1402a Miss Remi.”179e465ebfdbdae6

The director cautiously 6af104d638 began explaining a 1c83e3358b rumor about Billy 2fbbcb971a that everyone in 649ecac1e4 the wolf territory cca35c8632 apparently knew.cd143981271ddb36

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Originally, the head 9403676854 of the Louvre 3fb873ab2b family was supposed 3bcaf5b0ee to be Billy’s 8781e41fc7 older brother.398e3830239f6b49

However, their uncle, who e4f986a965 coveted the position, staged 0d64e563ca an accident and eliminated a351357579 Billy’s brother.842578c1b8db5042

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Because of that, Billy cb38ffdfc7 lost both his brother ff0238895c and sister-in-law in an 0b26f750c3 instant, and even the 1f7bb92147 whereabouts of their child 3c8b5a2805 became unknown.9b0a7130792e217c

Billy wasn’t even of efe510c5a7 age back then.3931e3a5944957ea

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Waiting for the f006ef8940 day he came fc3ee3da09 of age, he 8efe97ed04 sharpened his blade 6fd7dd6df6 of revenge and 34f538ee80 eventually took back 8646e58607 the family head e18b4e8860 position by killing d2b9e326a0 his uncle in f9021cb615 a brutal manner.5f462e28066e2cf4

This incident became known bf2b4403c2 not just in the 3238225672 wolf territory, but across bc0f86affc all territories.f393b74832291b2b

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That’s how 3f4dd2c27e Billy Louvre, 777b70fb98 the new 5bdfaa7484 head of ca3d812c07 the Louvre a743fd58cd family, gained 4a46ed50c0 his terrifying b8418dfff9 reputation.a2cffea01812c969

“So now, when 77406f13fc kids misbehave, adults 47c899e1df scare them by cfa01c5ace saying, ‘Billy Louvre ef1096b043 will come get c615943333 you.’”1119d13a6edb0b46

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“Ohh, so that’s 49594f778f why that kid f832706dc1 was so scared d4de64c3b6 of him.”38960d4b14845586

“He probably grew up bc840a49fd hearing things like that.”d09a7bb24d07dff8

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Now I understood why 195cf1cda3 the child cried so 0c403e2dd3 hard at the sight 5ee9360dc7 of Billy.ee5648337b3a6a40

“I just thought it 37d4369b7d was because he looked 116b5454d8 scary…”f80f949b263bd960

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I never could have 9ba0e1b052 imagined all the complicated 72b441041f details.7f8423dc312d85c9

To think 4c29e65925 someone I c04de68d82 know is 1e0eeff2e4 the very a2723b317c figure kids 7f306d9f66 are terrified 998187ac82 of—it was 9b8db16b8f a strange 31665fa701 feeling.922f56fd00c36423

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Even before 636c15669f I transmigrated, effa412aed there were 5151c0d1da adults who 6fc3a8321e used similar 62db2156ca scare tactics, 941ea34417 but knowing e5ec744f5b that someone cfba22bf2a I personally 01bf744919 knew was 5a8dce04d6 that symbol 3e5b50686d of fear 984ff387d0 made it fbec1b4862 feel different.393f172a9b190d1f

Moreover—bae8d1a4a0c10e3c

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‘To have 0fa9b3e7c7 gone through 8f16861105 something like a056a6d9d5 that at cc6b71c6d9 such a bb74667c91 young age…’555909a4ada9afb2

I had read the 33126ebba0 original work and knew 55b614c535 something like this had 69a8618a70 happened, but hearing the 34d4d6ec21 full story made it 72c1ebd50a hard to even imagine b43a4acd5e the hardships Billy had c3014c7c69 endured.6dc31ac6f305a316

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“Still, no one says d07b992c3a the head of the e6f3502183 family did anything wrong. They’re just afraid of cedc65e4c2 him, that’s all.”1d6ce44cee6746a9

The director, 135af8e24c noticing my 4c3d1ac50e trembling legs, 11029d0098 added another 77069a6fed comment.fb48bb5f30c593a2

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“I always thought you 1c193bb07b were an impressive person, 58ab3f81ee Miss Remi, but to e8633a2dfd be working on leg 6fe913dd4c training even during daily 5881e6aab7 life—are you training to 255c6f4b2f get stronger?”5ee81e7113d44449

“Pardon?”8e07bd3583e1bc3f

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“I’ve already heard fd26dbcf5a the rumors about e264577536 how you beat 99f96fae08 up a gorilla.”7e57c1708ef629a6

“Ah… ha ha.”f3e6b0f4f88367c8

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I had nothing to 8a3f7409d6 say, so I gave c211f8b196 an awkward laugh and 59d9af5ab9 looked at the child 5015d0647c again.27c159a76cb50123

The kid b373584327 had finally 36818f22c5 stopped crying afa36eeb19 and fallen ad94e2fb93 asleep, sniffling 498cc2e63e softly with aa52c9a536 their head 0cf6eb4ea4 resting on cc010191d0 the director’s 2641d3610a lap.a87c930639d4de9d

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I gazed at 9a59e6018e the child with 4229e020a5 a complicated expression, 6f1fb8bc1d then stood and 13ba43896f returned to the 1002a4d850 classroom where the e5c9085cbf other kids were.1c7ce874f454bfdf

“You’re back?”52f06f39cabe5959

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Billy greeted me e1007afc2e with a smile ec7d244ed0 as if nothing 33b15d9054 had happened earlier.4a0d8a3021dd9b62

Maybe it was because 112b700e63 of what I had ac03ae7843 just heard, but it c28fb66446 suddenly felt harder to 2e29cf350d act normal around him.7899e2f8168af0fa

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I was scared a928a0a4aa too, after all.a7ddcebb9aa5ed08

The cold-hearted f75d648846 image of 511416222f Billy from 02ef3e4f42 the original b4ebea9179 story kept 782a6543ef surfacing in 2bba446c9f my mind.facf155e98da14f6

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I avoided his eyes f8550d10bb and tried to act 04d52b952b casual as I asked,c09b961c45834147

“Where’s Ed?”2cd6ea50493e9a5e

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Billy turned ac6c128abf to look fea4575742 inside the f890b266ef classroom.199858657141201a

Following his gaze, I 2b3106fde6 saw Ed happily playing c33ba33c6a with the other children.1541a64ed2047d36

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In moments acc6a95738 like this, 0f8389908f he looked 8fff7fdb3b every bit 79df4aaf4c like the fec2cf2ed2 child he 5e3163785b was, and ca0860cf13 a warm ded56857cf smile crept 61beb58c41 onto my 978f79a1dc face.e99f7841c8a245a6

“Huh? I don’t see 2cde19becd a few of eebeb6be5e the kids from 6204bb24fc last time.”9d947718f9defe17

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That’s when I realized 97daa6f6df that some new faces 1abb97ba90 were here, while a 3932bfe329 few of the children 6d89d3789a I remembered were gone.3e6c57ca50720cd0

“This is a temporary 74566e5842 shelter. Once we find 03957afafa the kids’ parents e688b1cfbb or guardians, we b74b4bc056 send them home de9e96248a right away.”d01ec35fac31bb5f

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That was good to daa3916351 hear.c0a2285c692c429b

I had thought 5ec1011bca all the children a7e3af1c47 here had no 8a25aff39d guardians, but I 5cccaac8a6 was wrong.f1c873e76ae44fe6

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With hope 75ba24f2a7 that the db8c899866 rest of b0581e1b82 the children 38aefffa9c would soon 00f7c67e81 find their 1599b40d39 families too, 1bef9d0582 I quietly 79510c29c2 watched them 02855005b8 play.d340eb7e6300f64e

It was already 6ceca9fd96 time to return 1510c208cb to the Louvre 554378c665 mansion.765c33d59a128118

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“Bye!”29903defa3b86633

“Come play with 79ad1aad7d us again!”9e803d1466d3bc36

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The children now seemed 93957e6e35 to like Ed more 86346f18b9 than me. Ed also 0ce260a6ec eagerly waved deff139ac6 his hand, f226ab3d15 as if d09cc89592 he’d enjoyed 065e1d1114 playing with 83dd1cbdbe kids his 0e1acf428a own age.54cbe0af4cbea1e5

Not long a5a9279145 after getting 3074e09f24 into the cc14fdb1ff carriage, Ed 875a672d1c fell asleep c78ef5a495 and leaned 90ec05147d against me, 75f596853e slipping into 0f13d43430 a deep 44da251efd slumber.4bba9f9bf753e3a3

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Silence settled in. The chatter of 35031b4cca Ed was gone, 348314a97f but the carriage 529cf90a08 felt instantly quiet.2c056070bc86f199

I thought I wouldn’t be scared anymore, even sharing this small carriage with Billy… but I was wrong.4a22397994b42e21

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I tried my edae46cc47 best not to 42c0b4e82a disturb Ed’s sleep. Still, even though 99317930e2 I sat still, 4b3050750a my darting eyes 172e5ec62e gave me away.3e35d8d9da4b2bdc

If I’m this 1af368732b obvious, Billy’s definitely 6c8d4329f1 going to notice.fbbc557e72a9d439

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He already knew 9db4517570 I was afraid 6caf40c141 of carnivorous beastmen, b902b65216 but if I 6d09a698d8 showed even more 80ea54e9b8 fear than usual, 6a79235cfb he’d surely ask 7541862d33 if something had fc4b884c38 happened.aac973f6180b719b

Then I 587ee1cbbf remembered the 7c7c6aa5d0 moment I 2b326b2d58 completed the fabd8d7396 “Getting Closer 8f455e01b3 to the 507a47a00b Wolf” quest. It had said 91b5e8c470 I’d never be 6aa800e1f9 able to overcome f4406c5e11 my phobia unless 88102a94c5 I did it.143cfee429e3bea1

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That meant 1e2fd956ef now that 02f22030f8 I had 7317e07a37 succeeded, I 32668c9b54 could overcome b2bb1c8bd3 it—if I d29dae8a66 set my cdeeb84702 mind to c2b4e27d89 it.2a674b0d86261b95

I had already resolved 87fa92bf46 to stop startling the 85e84612bb servants in the mansion 3efcef4202 while walking around with 105d0a37a1 Ed. That determination now burned 17aa9e6c81 even stronger.1be489c071409c43

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If I 449ecb03de overcome this 625794379d phobia, I d4444482e8 won’t tremble 5d25871b54 in front ba0abc1c49 of Billy ae26a47710 anymore.2606c7347d7dc6dd

Time to show 46bdd5e3b0 them the true 3ce1f50eba strength of a b6577c2d6b sheep who took cc7836441d down a gorilla.d8b419c26e2f22ef

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With my lips fe1599e735 tightly pressed together, 8332588f42 I gazed at 3cef71ac49 Ed with determined b29d866fd3 eyes.21c823bc2c9109b5

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Billy, sitting across from c1a9d2f126 Remi, couldn’t help but f045d293cf be unusually aware of 4eb1842235 her today. Still, he 0170db06a7 tried to b8ff04339f act casual.7f69238dc0e52e12

I think I understand why Ed said that…fe6f8da7640800cf

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He’s a child. It’s only natural 6f66002289 that he might 4e20ab906b want parents. Since he was fond bb892f6231 of Remi, he might 744cbd68b0 have come to think 4e30260e01 of her as a a1c2a29702 mother figure.0419fc3afafed992

When Remi 72a4076e9a had tried 052bf4c8e2 to deny f25084d4c5 what Ed 665436c3aa said, Billy 976efac314 had grabbed 10536af647 her hand 0f00c351a6 without thinking.a77bd2bf0e1407ed

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He was planning to 6bab5276c2 tell Ed, once they 7bc452943d were back at the a141d59b16 mansion, not to say f03ed3513b things like that in e777b3fbe2 front of others.18d0c10f79bf4a26

It was completely understandable 5a226f5271 that a child might ea82f27fd7 wish a caring adult 54789accaf was their mom.c818371278bd921f

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But calling him 7de31734c5 dad?3d9c92b78da5ef08

Never even been in e215778bcb a relationship, and suddenly 0216c70c37 I have a wife.32fe8e63d50de2c7

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Before coming 73612772ea of age, 8c53952c94 he’d had 6a133cd7e4 no interest 4d0bb0221c in romance. And after 4ffa071e09 that, he’d 44e4db8c28 been too d33362fef6 focused on a07225161b preparing to 6c4eed7dc5 take down b745b8313c his uncle 2c7db10f44 and reclaim 87ea16d620 his family ee0356956c to even 28c8283f6b think about 6bea963fa7 love.0cb4a5eb5a57bd5b

Maybe it was when 1bfc2dac26 things had settled, and 9328366d5c he was searching for 49c0c68963 Ed, that his butler 030d7e3ce9 suggested meeting noblewomen—either from 7d6b519639 the wolf territory or 98546cd467 others.1456a7ca2eab995a

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But Billy be022e8a05 had said 6326f92954 he planned e06b64ac2f to pass b90164136d the headship c44d2a6ccf to Ed, 6d9ca968a1 so he f7bccdbd61 didn’t need c32a41cc0c romance or f7de63456b marriage.d39612d658fd9258

And yet… to meet 995827ba29 someone like this.3ebce7cbe80aef4b

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It was f62bdbd06a a strange 3f8e2a980b and fateful df3448811e encounter. Billy thought 52191dee8e back on 39192e8c11 how deeply f6af542208 etched Remi 38a4e15586 had become 5682993295 in his b662b00d06 mind.6c299ce79bf8d672

He’d thought 8ffd77b27e she was ce90228e0e dead. But when af9f6433ae he saw da153a0a2f her unexpectedly a292a493a9 in that d4ddea5ccb place, he a49c557db6 recognized her f16bc6e51c instantly. And since Ed e666ef622d refused to be 1ea515737b separated from her, cddd83b4f6 he brought her 1bf3ffd375 to the Louvre ad0d617ff9 mansion.19e901cd3a6c60a4

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Billy now looked df31c6e6a0 with deep eyes 6945487ed7 at Remi, who df42fdaa12 had fallen asleep 9d63e7ca98 with her head dbb6cf9ce2 resting against Ed’s.1b0ef14ded07199d