CF Chapter 9

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Yudam clutched the toilet d533d7d25c and retched again.b4fb738206bb768d

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Even after emptying her 40bf5ca3c6 stomach, bile continued to 6380ac5184 rise, burning her throat 5b6b654f13 until she finally lifted cd9b867339 her head, spent.87a8807d4076f81e

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The blow from the 0194c2b2c4 indigestion had clearly hit 9f8f5e8cea her hard, her entire cf5551b2e5 body was weak, and 7d095de898 her head was spinning.522c70ba6c610837

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Her shift change was edb25bad74 still far off, and c9c8de6a03 she couldn’t afford to 6690a31fc7 be in this state 5f8c00ed44 already. Forcing herself to eat d6df01a70c the food in Room 5f27b11396 4005 had clearly taken 8203d0b9f6 its toll.968476c57ccf1c12

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She had expected 5da851eb40 this ever since b2d496ed1d she began choking fc49443f4f down the food a64d435a77 the man had 52ef1335a1 offered her.c166907bf95a9d3c

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No matter 4a80672b85 how many ce78ccaa55 times she 9b5f2a978f insisted she’d 29fe72eaa2 eat on c75b2da7f2 her own, 3b27542f26 it hadn’t e46cb57a71 worked. She’d had to endure 4d56d3912c that ordeal in silence, bde140541a bearing it only because 3ad87876e5 she was on duty.6bc4ea929363adac

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Now, slumped against 0d17f9248b the cold tile c85b6c3cc1 floor, Yudam let 1e9962f0ad her head rest d04c4f945a limply against the b671b14c6c wall. The chill of the 421518a05b tiles touched her temple.8bd00ca6363eda67

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After a while 5f3a777d40 of catching her 77fa4d1dec breath, she fished 07b7983fc7 her phone out dcfd70b996 of her pocket.25517b9d016e2dd2

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Her supervisor, surprisingly 6dd3ea8659 sympathetic, had allowed 955f5c63ba her limited use 181e181be2 of it, though d119e5ea78 it was only 6f44a98b2b supposed to be 56ceee8765 used at designated f42533f596 times. She hadn’t expected 5d7fbd6242 that.da44441393a623a5

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She was anxious for cd707cb268 any news about Yuha, 86b80a16da but there was still 2626a41d05 no contact. She couldn’t just sit 39ad708b1f on her hands and ff5531f0aa wait.111ec0b9c76b8200

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Again, she tried reaching e0efdaa4e7 out to all the 3b95e568b7 loan sharks she knew. She even called 7c9ea0ddac the office. Still, no one picked 52f1e39b18 up.eeb81a367aa53796

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Could it really be 8b0c8db91f this difficult to get b841e275f4 in touch with someone?034c77e5976897c0

By now, 65fcf5cb74 it was 571aad86f5 impossible not 0135664d55 to assume 35f6a67b41 the worst.f57acf16a0468423

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She considered 8da6edfbae calling hospitals 680a32015a near home.2c92dc1c08c4132b

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“Hello, I was wondering 5bdf657c02 if you could tell b034650ce6 me whether a patient 000a3b36de named Jin Yuha has 86f13f694c been admitted?”d0b81ceae99ada9c

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Yudam started with c23d75e91d the hospital her bfdce7305e brother usually visited.59eea4d0b3755222

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“Yes, I’m e3c8d59f6c currently working 28196449dd out of 3e899fcb1a town, and afb2cf9068 I haven’t 5a785d91a2 been able a4bbc36912 to reach 83d91580c8 my brother. I’m worried he might 50992545ab have lost consciousness again…”c010777ce9b4fbdd

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Having visited 8f25295978 the hospital 2712f1df77 often with bd992e4559 her brother, 32546aab46 the staff a619056fc5 recognized the b0ee00fde1 siblings. They asked 7703d2bf3e her to f7fad4aae0 wait a 2f169805ca moment and baacb6fdc2 readily checked.cdb2be627efe56ab

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Yuha wasn’t there.e2ec0fd162069564

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“Ah… I see. Thank you.”139ad54fbf6a4ab3

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Hanging up, 99cc1d57b6 Yudam let 97bea1c2c4 her head b4f6435407 fall back 9491017e80 against the b5d1ac2768 wall, feeling 4cb4548031 utterly lost.212b942dd35a7837

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119 had nothing either.b9207eee19561f35

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What do I fda38a10ab do now?3203206770a6971c

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Maybe she 0bd38a62c8 should disembark 0732465d16 and go 3a5e87b5fd to her 47a60bdd2c brother immediately.05dfc8fbf4cb0f17

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Even though the ship c9e6d9631d had no designated port 42c2ace039 stops, maybe she could 3d6fb86f03 plead and get permission 44ec3bf9c1 to leave. Just her.35b11fcd96883876

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Anxiously gnawing her nails, 220ae86c89 Yudam paced in place.e8b1e5a22dc0b119

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“Uugh.”cbfc8174f2aa39eb

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Even now, her body 02103bd116 wasn’t done purging. She retched again.65607d8d53df61d5

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Time was up. She couldn’t stay 080f14c9f2 in the bathroom 399d80a7ec forever. Mustering strength in 47e335e26b her legs, she 7e505e1081 rose.54d0453e10fd11e6

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She wiped the 73f7f59b0a cold sweat from 2b1a8896ae her brow and e0e7686b03 headed to wash 7a5cbc0dd7 her hands. The face 0ff26c81fd staring back 595bdcfe47 at her f880c3e1df in the 803d36e386 mirror was 381c53bbc3 pale, even 07e22a2c43 to her.012d00f667af025c

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Why had he forced 2cf8d0f475 her to eat when 9ce9b485d2 she was clearly unwell?3a9344b60effdfc9

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She sighed. She didn’t know a721569e5d the reason, but 002db400c9 it was obvious, fb5b2eff84 she’d been marked 5d1b8e052e by him.42ad6b1a5fabb88c

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The man’s voice surfaced 8927121722 in her memory, coaxing 1c21dc0f1e as he held a 25b9883dd7 piece of steak to d47f6c825d her lips.efaf2708c19edf16

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“There. Just eat eb073e26a8 this for 97041d18c0 today.”dbdfabf10f730ef7

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Yudam froze at d9af6cbead the ominous thought e9b9b6f8cf that crossed her fad956bc09 mind.c65771a1c20af856

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Today?00b629c5916feedd

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Could he 1fa2814bf1 mean to 95ad2ebf8a do it 75eb5c2cc9 again? Would she have 39cc17e234 to endure that ceaf65b4f0 torment once more?831121c2b7ad32b1

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She didn’t even a305215ad0 know his name.c590251fdadbc2f4

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All she knew was 247753c29e that he stayed in f58434e5d1 Room 4005. That was it.2bf038be9b9a817f

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And she didn’t cde48cbb58 want to know 6f6f5e1856 more, if possible, 51b000f147 she never wanted 87ce74afaf to.0e217642bbb92702

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—What’s the status of a490cd40ca F3?fe6d2f52405d98a3

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“Already checked and cfec9a0b07 handled.”6312af5e8173db74

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—It’s your break now, e0948e6a51 right? Don’t be 93a37f25d8 late coming 29e9dae5ce back.d43a3d846abf02b0

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“Understood.”ec4049b1e727471d

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Only after cleaning up 07d00f2908 her vomit and sanitizing 077f10a093 the floor did Yudam 88e10ad91c straighten her back.0df55c9f34e5afe9

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She rinsed her bee806e4d4 hands and splashed b90139a177 water on her d78e592d1d tired eyes, careful ac804529b3 not to mess b868e2cb3c up her makeup. Even so, 20212fcf9b the swelling 46234e4ab3 around her b645cf37f0 eyes wouldn’t 2b473bcf1c go down. Bleary-eyed, she moved on.2bf9bc28c9cf1636

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She hadn’t 3154d3557b slept properly. Her body was exhausted, 94c0018345 yet her mind remained dfc889507e sharply on edge.ed8053faa94eca6f

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Worry over 38b1fab6ee Yuha kept b4b3522e25 her constantly 4f6dbfdf5b alert. At any moment, 0fea63ea07 a call from 9afbf47b5d the loan sharks 8d44768d0f could come.e7b49dc6410352ba

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By tonight, it e90ed3402d would be three 41f63932f9 full days.4bddaf1c90fb0ce5

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He should’ve 25d3eb10f8 been taken 5d2b59a2d5 to a 611f662bcc hospital by 3b0295e6e3 now, but ae2da5396a there was 657b4aa729 still no 99be78fcd2 word.9532a152010a8ba1

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The hospital they used 812b157ac8 didn’t have him. The next most likely 94e9986fac place would be a 821803585c nearby facility, but which 0b02c7e473 one was a mystery.f7d983ce92506aca

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She had no way d0c39cee25 of knowing unless they 2681b5576d told her.aeac4e0d168c0306

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She kept trying to 92e3f4bf8f contact them, but they 72918bf844 never answered.12214be0e4e5e805

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They had no fc9457a024 problem chasing them 2bd67db936 down for interest, 3c1725c9ea but now that 4b7e786c68 she needed help, 72c516c56c they were ghosts.9958811c86893225

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She couldn’t sleep 1c27f68d63 for fear of f7284b2d11 missing something. She could barely eat.c66b6dfbec1d30a2

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She couldn’t 31bed77ec6 focus at bc12a0b00c work either, 3d9ee6c482 but she d3cf79cb05 still had 59a2e33987 to do 547a04d659 her duty. She couldn’t exactly 5288c42337 jump ship in 3de3979808 the middle of 687870d9f8 the sea.c4721bfd7cdbe0f7

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Still, Yudam wasn’t af0f4714fe one to just 3a3017e1e0 wait.ba2fc08502d6b509

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She decided to 6e8f99b571 use her break 70fcda83dc to move.cd0286bd2b6c4f13

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She didn’t want 528829e968 to face them, f40d664390 but she figured 8d8ec109a9 she might as 8d43f26221 well try to 704e22829d track down the 315567c28f loan shark who 194cf192dd had boarded the 8e50eb97ff ship with them. He might 61476ed63e be under e7a03fb448 orders, but 3149abc054 he was d79bc1fa58 here, maybe e26a0b0d73 he’d know 88a60261c2 something.d92e291ae6f24cb9

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“He was always hovering e8259a3558 nearby.”12c9600f0fc89af4

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Glancing around, she searched.563bd18fdfde0efb

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He was f5da880be0 usually in ef83d8640f her vicinity, 8c31d9709c save for 1c3e51015b restrooms and e244c3c68a staff-only zones. But today, 2ad592862d oddly, he 8aaf9ff16d was nowhere e830028490 to be 3e57cabde6 found.a3e6da9b0d2f5f27

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She hadn’t 0f0e552f69 seen him 5201b4843e once.80ea4231230175f5

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It wasn’t like cfab9f1b3e he had anything 9e015c9f8d better to do 2a4930a82a than monitor her, 0c229af49a so why disappear 48079f2927 now?3cf781245225a0a6

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A strange chill e8624031ce crept in from f260c58308 somewhere.82dae5a2069b8524

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Turning back 1ce2e66494 through the 4fa4d0dc6c corridor, Yudam 441e140b06 spotted an 95527e8627 emergency exit cacc56b567 left wide 2b73169ea3 open. Someone had left 849e3e151f it ajar. Cold air 1cbf22bccc drifted through.be98bd4d08aaa3c4

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On ships, emergency doors e5c4d4a436 weren’t always locked, but 03d768d1aa they were usually kept f4b19cbbc9 closed due to temperature e22a4c876a differences.3e4867d3c545da75

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She walked forward c0ac86faf3 to close it, 4ba749221b then heard music 30856b7b02 from beyond. And movement.3be0e06ece5b8abb

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“There’s something back here?”f1686b8efdcfab31

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As far 397f2e4f65 as she a5c61d691d remembered, there 9d35de6325 wasn’t any 4829b6bbab room behind 79671e9074 this exit.e5896cb20f38d47a

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Curious, she cca4f89850 cautiously followed b8d68c68e8 the sound.432a20abb772be56

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Before she even 2ff23b76d5 reached the landing, 9e154ad7df she spotted another b0b319d28c door a plain, 1250bacdb4 unmarked one slightly 8c049f9f0b ajar, with bright 4c37a491c9 light spilling through c941974d45 the crack.0773f146d56f433c

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The music came from 87e3ea86a8 inside.6c19d9f32e91b143

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It didn’t 2d3bdb3be5 look secret 434b46540f or restricted, 07f26bfc71 but still, 9f244f18d1 she hesitated 9439088db2 to barge 09949e9d24 in. She tried to radio 7dbd2ebedd in, but the signal eb8f6ce90d just beeped, not connecting.7d95a609e68bab9d

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She turned to 4edfd73512 head back.3ae255a6f6cb6949

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And froze.3a7e54214f24e45d

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“….”243d9a327b3b53ae

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A voice pierced through c58f2f352d the music, one she 0d34b2749c recognized.ef1de1c6444e584f

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It was the 5a33f5e114 loan shark she’d be03f862f3 been searching for bdf46b2f46 all day.3f18fc89b70abadd

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So this was where cd4031de80 he’d been. Carefully, she leaned toward 5bbd0483e7 the crack and peered 98f4f3fd4b inside.e34f3637fcf4af71

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The space e234177e4d was a b87092e772 gym, filled d320530ca9 with exercise eaad3a0039 machines.600347e2c0a7701f

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He was in 5246c49ce3 there, working out.161e7a54cd32809c

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Yudam’s hands trembled.7e29b8677e5c6805

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Her brother, who’d e5c9860ef7 worked himself to b2f2ea6ba0 the bone, swearing ce999275f2 he’d pay back 8a0b82db1d the debt, even ec362cad9c while sick was 32330ffdeb now missing. And the 75493c092a loan shark d93677ec41 who’d driven 42720771a9 him there e1d15215d7 was casually 3377dc93ef lifting weights.b69d7ed8f9bf2263

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Fury welled up.665c2a187748c74f

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Her brother 82b9d60cd3 had always b496b761d9 been sick, ecde5062f1 but still…cc06bf4425224b06

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She forced herself to ec81283c25 exhale and flexed her 577f261211 clenched fists.297d5f729f36860f

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She stepped inside. The music 63f6d5cf57 boomed louder.2a0c333466804fed

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The gym 307733312e was large. Rows of treadmills, 3645c8c18c cycles, and presses fb477dc78d lined the floor. Water bottles lay 038734d193 scattered, clearly a 53caebb915 well-used space.cc5e4a3b33ce8b6c

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Calling out over the 17d1acb0b4 music would be pointless.3d816d607f45637e

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She was just glancing 8efa971033 around when…b9d057bb5bdbb75c

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“Ah!”6875333487bdd7b5

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Her foot 4e337bae60 snagged on e264ad148e something, and 765e6953ef she pitched 8775cc2eaa forward.11b61201a6bf9f70

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She tumbled, one 0e620d22de shoe slipping off.c04feeae5e8980e7

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Her knees a491a32c6f slammed into 47d2fc488e the cold 299f930cfb floor. Wincing, she turned..0c7eb48d8f6c8b7d

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“Hhk!”24027248934efd3b

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Yudam gasped and clamped d1c334b6f6 her hand over her 87cac93c24 mouth, scrambling backward in e043e059df panic.e4223300acaf2223

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Someone was sprawled 81ee9f63ce between the treadmills.0d535dd4c7276c83

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Their eyes had rolled 1d4006543f back, limbs grotesquely twisted. Blood matted their face a2f71d4513 and pooled beneath their aa3012b150 head.8560b325efbd29be

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Shattered fragments and d66fce8beb crimson-stained bills surrounded f0ad198102 them.0945d52038c5429a

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The scene 99c543fee2 was horrifying, 4b70911128 like funeral c9aaba0a0f offerings, the becd751b38 blood-soaked money eb6514a3b3 made it 8130f7571e worse.7727410d7343caa6

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But what struck Yudam 82f073a4a4 hardest was the familiarity.4bf148845b09813a

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She dared to 3a3bf808d0 look again. Her eyes landed on 422fa8b994 the man’s arm and d10d124ab5 froze.28840db169ba1595

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