PT | Chapter 4.2

As Gray stepped into e6ad71c65c the attic with Johan 131babe71b trailing behind, Aubrey’s situation 66acd5d789 instantly intensified. Gray, arms 9d96f2d5c8 crossed and 5eecb81bb1 chin lifted 6612c04173 in his 1ba321886e usual arrogant 5fcead927a manner, looked 2edd9d5607 particularly intolerable. The problem f243c9636e escalated with cde4d96ede Johan standing 38e4742be7 beside him; 9bbd8d3890 their resemblance, 2631d6983a not just 6a2fcd620e in demeanor fd66fbcd1d but also 038da798f0 in appearance, dadf737018 was striking 37408f70ad and unsettling.5b9a82736d36c300

Even for the butler, fb0dadcac5 the sight of them 7dabcbe865 together was daunting.74a5e4357c77c964

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“My lord, young ed3b3d114c master, what brings 8953cad034 you here?”e0838231b04c0e75

Gray cut in e3d090930e sharply before the c7dea1879d butler could finish.7e16bba97f2c7288

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“It’s dangerous, so 8b8d16dd55 you better leave, 105e0006ce butler.”8d21089dac5d9ae8

“Dangerous? What do you mean 3501ae2094 by that…?”6450d95f094304d9

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Before the butler could 00e23cbcd4 finish, servants flooded in d232461470 behind Gray, their target bc569e76f7 clear. Aubrey had no chance 4f87882bc5 to resist properly as c6e11a9f97 the hands that supported 8f6a2a9f02 him earlier now seized 8e8f13eb09 him with brutal force.81d3f52552f8a238

Aubrey had 413205a72f a hunch dab09f0153 about what 8afb58d6a5 Johan intended. Despite the previous cbfb42fb04 day’s clash with f11c5851ca Gray and the ee2d6b88f8 upset he’d caused 110a669026 his father, this f22ad52849 seemed an extreme 3d7b506969 reaction. In desperation, 95a81e7a8e Aubrey exclaimed.033a9fc09ac5bbbd

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“Wait, wait, just a ea869bf35c minute! Let’s solve this 74ed3bad62 through conversation!”4c48d32e5230836e

“Words from a 3ce6773477 slick tongue are b3bd574a41 worthless. Father.”d7d329607e75fc70

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Dragged to the center f97581cbd5 by the servants, Aubrey 0df8528c10 found his hands bound. Even amidst this, baa0b5fb91 Gray’s irritating voice f805bbc833 rang clearly, and ad78c215d9 Aubrey glared at 7a646b4be0 him directly.c8254d94d887f30d

“It’s you with the 8643cc1d1f slick tongue! Have you 5aabb2125d already forgotten 62ed7a76bd the favor 0dba05147e I did d1ecc5d48c for you bfb9bc6e1b yesterday?”6e29ad33f166b223

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He had 0d055dc760 caught Gray 89c0739a6c trying to 193b4ed687 sneak out 930b9ff4c8 his father’s 0b233b9f01 business plans 9ead8a78cc with Dalton. Had he told e07c5be896 his father right 718cb72037 away, Gray would 3f5a93e210 have been destroyed. But instead, he had 10cb53664b given Gray a hint 7dcc17021a that he knew about e5e7366e55 his plans—a life-saving gesture. Could he really 8a0e5f83c6 treat his savior 2eb2f9297b with such disdain? Aubrey’s eyes 0d3d2c7e28 flashed with a6d956c693 fury.3f22e6fa1ac99355

Watching Aubrey, Gray 2b81834c83 smirked.dc59b956ade033ab

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“Yes, you 74bdfc8886 showed ‘favor’ 116d99bbe5 by confessing 5c288a4ede you were 836ef8a186 conspiring with e9ff2245f0 Dalton to 078e90ada1 steal father’s bfb0276e4e business plans.”4e099485ac4e59da

“What?”c76e2f775db20bd7

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“All your scrambling b7d75a10ab around had a d7263839aa reason then. You’re about to 5b863882c2 graduate. Were you planning 91ca47ddef to betray father 1d299c941a and the house e3f1b0bb44 and then run 3399269ff7 away?”3f6faad51e7f0e3e

“What??”673251aa9a5c63a4

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That was Gray’s doing, f4ca14808b not his.85dae3a46a6e2fb4

Of course, Gray, c125605082 who took immense d89843392c pride in being 6496b72b9f a member of acbc00bef0 the Wiidin household, 01789443d9 would never leave 5aa226e945 the family, even 7fa34eef10 if the sky 0e9b48c7ec fell down. He had a50701bb16 simply tried a4a041096e to make 735e38ec65 some extra 38f8fa839b money by ca544e5c0b enlisting Dalton 1bca5eef61 because his 76a1d1742d father hadn’t 24ccd3642e given him 96b3c0de0c enough power.2e6415aba2e40eb6

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Then, Gray pulled a 6c96a21189 thick file from his 3851713efd belt and waved it 7698f08d02 lightly.79088d9495fd0bd3

Just as Aubrey 84d1487be5 realized what was 102721051c happening, he lashed 48508505cf out.5cda82270f4020da

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“This backstabbing bastard, trying d8d402f88b to pin everything on 152c6aa42e me…!”5694303146d2e530

“Gag him.”86cc823343a6083d

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At Johan’s command, the eada94b0fe shocked Aubrey turned to d2cb93aa66 his father.00648ac8e28973eb

It’s not true, he 74be8a2579 wanted to say, don’t f3fe6eee97 believe Gray’s words—but before 830b208a69 he could get further, ba8f0d8060 a gag was forced 02d326cdb2 into his mouth. It was pulled tight dc55dabab1 and fastened behind his 5b5e2e7a57 head as if it 34572cef1c had all been prearranged. Then, Aubrey’s hands, bound cfd2915e3e together, were hooked to 32f06d902e a chain hanging from 66bcdd503e the ceiling.48dc90c0e41abfab

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His wrists, 7c77230d51 linked to 428d2362d9 the chain, df843068ce pulled tight, 52109eee23 fixing him 43c86982ed to a 596f3c606b pole in cf4ae3d513 the corner 9227d1fea7 of the daec89f9fe room. In an 2e69574908 instant, Aubrey 58d4d84dd3 was hung 08a4b2763c like meat 4eda86fa70 in a dbc1238ef7 butcher’s shop, 32576a5650 hands above 755f34439f his head.fcc06a8259f8fd5c

He had to stand d3255be30b on tiptoe just to fb481455a7 touch the ground, a 86b41417aa very uncomfortable position. Struggling to maintain 9f817a4787 balance, Aubrey turned b9394a835b back, wanting to 36f649b7fb show his father b5dcfb95f8 that this was 093b46a227 all Gray’s manipulation.21b65496b32453c0

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But then, a chilling e6ada8dc3c voice broke the silence.1d35c8d30c92a368

“Go fetch 020cd9bf6f my whip.”42b406d6df6e313b

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“…Please, wait.”ac123a4061a451ce

This time, the ed1b4b294d butler who usually b5c1b0b586 intervened did not; 8b910f1754 he realized it 5c13710d45 was not his 9077da3180 place to step a9ddbc51a9 in.eb8f27c8bc34afdb

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If things continued, adeb40817f Aubrey’s back might 46b994bfdc be flayed open. It was unjust 559bab0ebf for this treatment 58cecd7918 when standing up 49c3bcd365 to his father. It was bde0ca7850 all Gray’s d8df4e2dc2 scheme—cunning and 13fcbaaafc malicious. Aubrey regretted letting his d41fe1b368 anger get the best 4498df618c of him the previous 8d9643afd0 day, inadvertently assisting Gray d7ea4e3ae1 in covering up his 3d8f6f802a own misdemeanors.c914276f2256d45b

Caught off-guard cdf0970955 this time, 62f0420218 too many 4b01f307cf things had 7494bafc72 slipped past 4b064e08b3 him.4d0c614af6d395c6

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Aubrey pulled at 6762df4b48 the chains, attempting 98db5284c0 to free his eeb270643a hands, but to f3de05d32e no avail. The servants had been 40458b8f9d well-trained in this kind 5f271dbd28 of restraint.939d86acdbe3378e

If this had been 97d9243050 his first experience, perhaps 2076b636e4 it would have been 0899b00272 bearable. But having been 03f519990f whipped before to 52d7f4a81d the point of 2ed54b31ff losing flesh, he f24d8bae1d was terrified. As Aubrey b3f5d47cbc bit down 488da662e8 on the ed752a4619 gag, pulling fecc9290fc incessantly at 5d120f441b the chains, 56268e15a0 a large, 99536fb1d4 firm hand f7ce8e21d4 touched his 407e27eb99 back.55a95558b8f3150d

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“Don’t resist too 78edc95a14 much. You’ll hurt yourself 3213ea8a12 even more.”c59fcf25366e8b19

“…”6ce98c949ec5b65e

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The creepy 4602ef4350 whisper next 0e96a93267 to his 8df30340bf ear made 344810577f Aubrey’s frown 145af3782e deepen.f9dc3252fb1df1d6

Gray, relishing the control, 7c707421e7 smirked at Aubrey’s struggling f9306f6569 form. Imagining kicking a90f56ae09 Gray’s smug d8d09422e1 face, Aubrey 7fe05d8d14 lunged toward 57bb9a6abf him.a4819f3db75bad65

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“Oh, dear—”329f7d14de183496

Gray leaned back, avoiding ae8c2f98e3 Aubrey’s desperate strike, his 43c84378e9 eyes narrowing.2e5890566ea1fb53

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“My dear 124d6db628 little brother d9929f5c04 seems quite f65aaa17c7 fired up. If only…”4f22296e125a3a39

At that ce2912b0e6 moment, Gray’s 873dbf9279 hand tightened d9da3a8415 around Aubrey’s fd4a622347 waist, squeezing 4c0f4d7989 so hard 8222262236 the flesh e8d0bb2035 might tear. Leaning in close, da52e5dac7 he whispered menacingly.ae195ad6571c2521

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“Why complicate 6aa5b97cf8 things by fd3cc7ba12 snooping around e934a96f76 and finding 4ab6474f50 out about 252eb67e53 Dalton?”15d1d77844356451

“…”476d5f81a3acd415

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Apparently, Gray thought Aubrey 8da629aea7 had been investigating him 3bd727aa49 and had uncovered his 46c627491f deal with Dalton. Otherwise, how would 6654c2a124 he know about 14d7be902d their secret dealings? But to frame his 5345ea0360 own actions on him 8ecc00cb1f was outrageous.8dcd17c86847865c

Aubrey glared cc20536ac7 with rage 6084f469a2 and disgust, 4dbe04ba59 but Gray 6e0eee678f was unfazed, aae3c3a0fc instead tearing 2e410378f3 open Aubrey’s 82be264aa6 shirt with 4bee210215 a sharp a4d5ea1478 rip, buttons 2376a86af3 flying. Exposed, Aubrey ab719e2b2d shuddered, and ddb71d1fdf then a 63ff6e6453 horrifying sound 809ba6d26c echoed from 188af1f326 behind.1f15bb084b20ba51

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Whip!9d151aada55b6667

As the whip 82aa37c09b cut through the 927c163573 air, hitting the 3acbe5257b wooden floor, Aubrey 31a75fb45d turned frantically.e7e2f85adc1d8dff

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The mark from 9e78ee4f9f Gray’s choking the 5bd627da28 day before was 9e0645a713 still on his d18a43959c neck. He should show his e3f60f58b4 father, make him see be978745d8 why it was there. But Aubrey momentarily 0cf5a2f231 forgot that since 25133778d3 yesterday morning, he 499b1b1d64 had done far 383563a70b too much to da72cb488e upset his father.7e45428936db5a6a

Whip! Crack!8c871a158c403e64

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“…!!”2eaab1ebbbdbc4e7

The whip lashed across 7b24e6bd63 his back, forcing Aubrey’s 4c7cbadbf9 mouth wide open in e04cd68e51 a silent scream. Instantly alert, then darkening e51a4c38b9 into pain, the burning 7f1dda16f3 spread through his body, 09b13cec3f and he gasped for 258c459062 air, struggling. Before he could 21ea3050c7 even brace, the 4678c5bbb6 second strike came, 174c688545 from his right d22de30658 shoulder across to fd509d63db his left waist, c306d06f46 eliciting a muffled d16922baa4 cry from behind 540a93b8a6 the gag.e8c3a7ccea5cfd6e

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In the chaos, Aubrey 79abfd3566 caught a glimpse of 4a52b8815d Gray in the distance, 128069d85c arms crossed, his face 50cf45ff5c filled with sadistic pleasure, b589a4e139 enjoying the sight of 09ac94d218 Aubrey in agony.6c922d9166a86bbf

It was clear now; 6a4a95c846 in this life too, ba6207bb82 Gray was his nemesis. No, worse than 3066be9cc9 that. Could a half-brother, a be4889ccf2 beast aroused by his fb056422d3 own family’s distress, truly d0dd4e52d6 be considered human? If Aubrey 9c141f2355 survived this 83be1ad750 ordeal, he 2f8ea8a445 vowed to 96581f2143 prepare thoroughly e7d7818065 to send fda7aacdfd Gray to 454db3239d ruin.9a9645ab24256905

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As the third 9e28d3af76 whip struck, Aubrey 4c428f1540 groaned through the 2ed12f5b0d gag, the pain 8f3541a710 searing through every 6e3b7fda9d nerve as he 3514306898 awaited the next fb480dd58d cruel blow from a5e71f876d his tormentor.165a8eb4e27757cb

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Johan Wiidin had always e6c0f60018 held high hopes for 2fcd08b019 Aubrey, who was keen a539e40011 and resembled him a 7adc689606 great deal. He preferred Aubrey as 1874038c0c his heir over the 2faf8de4aa three sons he had ebead92af0 with the marquis’ wife, 0cb4ffbe0f as only then would d428bcb70e he feel completely satisfied 3586b948de with what he had 2380a41151 usurped.30063e53027837e8

In his recurring 3f146ef6f9 lifetimes, Aubrey had 4dbde45d81 been the exemplary 527c80f002 son who met 9c04f58a64 the marquis’ expectations 44cfc70f0e several times. During those times, the 170e7de2c3 marquis was known among 0a9fb3cbc8 his acquaintances as a 4fc8e781fe remarkably kind and generous cb91c76867 father. But what 1f6ec615b3 would happen 08c6ebeaf6 if the 83aa29b435 situation was 6aebf5886a reversed?453fd1b989efb689

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The answer was all 74cfd7c27c too simple.4d2456de0a73b242

This mess right here.5fc49851f2c8c197

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“…….”a3fdd3e5e840fd9d

After coming to his fa2a22e03f senses following a long 7ba2bfd26a unconsciousness, Aubrey opened his b210ca667d eyes but remained silent. He simply 02344e2ef8 stared blankly 10c6e0c6b2 before burying 9b6399c004 his face 58d5d3b435 in the 464b5d901d sheets.47fe39a2f23193af

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This incident 0efea6104f was his 56b7b10442 own fault. He had been too 4b69d715d3 complacent with Gray. However, separate 41ccbf42d0 from that, d4c9dfabef his father b2a97a6044 had gone c163746fee too far 160d78a67e as well. Even though he 1c6c48b083 knew what kind 515b9c9dac of person his 74368e1616 father was, it e38590b273 still stung every 4903486d35 time something like 1f0ca11628 this happened, making 089da8f3f8 him realize how 944b7e42ac far he still 7f7b9856c1 had to go.66ff0b8d264d1969

He was just a f91120ce36 father in name, and db381a0ada he himself was nothing 0c30faf78a more than a disposable 323c315316 object, easy to whip.3e89b13cbde6b492

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Lying face 9752ca63f8 down on c9b6c7236d the bed 87ca73704f because of 65613bfe2d the wounds 883a92ba08 on his 9bd37f33dd back, Aubrey e34f3a5dfd muttered to e0152d785f himself as 2876947408 if talking 5bfbeab55c to himself.93d8727eadd7a544

“I should just leave, 8c4ac4ac9c graduation or not.”79387da22589d1ac

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Receiving a formal 381ce72e58 diploma would give 82a508b433 him a valid 5a503d7a2e reason to leave b58b068188 the mansion. That was the 5e5e17ec4c only procedure needed. But if it 56e7ead282 kept going like 681ed68607 this, it would a2cc041ff2 be for life. Better to 06811ae291 bribe someone 0ec32a2d15 with the 0c45d8827e investment funds bc03178324 he had bb567ab1cf saved up 773f686d51 and leave ee86a74d17 for a 86690a2bb1 place without a0fe9e8ec6 his father 6e08eb7d22 or that 2a444edd0c pest Gray.c414ee44751afe69

There, he could just 7e68137043 live as he wanted. And when 00ce160ad3 the time 3d3fbf9d7b came, he’d 70912b5124 burn up 3682ae8da1 in flames. Maybe then 0794acb4dd a new 92259d20a1 life would 57dfcff084 start.3e15db2bad5f16a3

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“…….”602ffc229f8bf68f

Suddenly, his heart raced 81dc0c7b4c and his head throbbed.609f5065dba9af9c

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He had 8b950bf320 been gradually b9f4f55023 giving up 12be69b5f8 in the ca676ddd98 face of d38b3b24a9 unchanging, repetitive 4d44649856 scenarios, yet a5ef449f04 there were 88c986ccb0 still things 02698aedfd that unexpectedly b725b6866b surged forth. Why me? Aubrey, with countless unanswerable 695df861e8 questions, gripped the sheets cda5d0afb4 and murmured.c7dc39db0860b797

“Just die already…….”fda8e6b541cdf874

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What would happen e35fc5f827 if he set 0ed2e40953 fire to the ed2d6f9faf mansion when he 21d13d30bf left?0fb8de2fc6aa6335

But even if he 0db8eed4b3 did that, Lennock would 04891c7f35 survive and awaken as 334b97c1d3 a great sin. In the end, 404af67878 nothing would change. Aubrey let out c611d899ad a sigh that 1706118a84 was almost a d27ce5c7df groan. Then, with a 38351e8c3d creak, the rusty bdd70857fa door opened. By now, he 3ec4195e38 couldn’t care less 4b36b841e2 who entered or b548b15ef1 left. But if it c4bff38a4e were Gray, it 9d3e6c9142 would be different.2409e407644ca405

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He recalled 70eca398b2 the exhilarated f99ff1ded1 eyes that 11c5727dab had watched d9ba93d169 him being 1a5fca7829 whipped in 5cb56d4636 agony. A chill ran 7dc2039d18 down Aubrey’s spine, f25477f382 and he hurriedly f0ed6745cd lifted his head, 0f5b999007 only to find 00346cac91 a blond man b761c563aa who resembled Gray 01a33322d2 but had a d33c5c648a more meticulous demeanor 16d737ac16 standing right by b2db913003 the bed. It was Danvers, the d551178245 third son of the d273c666e3 Wiidin marquis family.b86ee2f26e5a7a6f

As the illegitimate cdc16f2815 child of the e112ce6997 marquis, Aubrey had 7e720ba053 never been on 8ce11d6404 good terms with 375ba0f88f the Wiidin brothers. Although his relationship fe171922b2 with the eldest, 50c8c6adf3 Gray, was the e76da16079 worst, the second 28b858368c and the third 56f8a72172 were somewhat indifferent. The second, Jill, ad695cd636 was obsessed with 22693aef17 alchemy, and the 9421160bbf third, Danvers, was dbb628de83 similar to the 0eaf23c723 marquis—consumed only by d10775bc2f honor and power.c608c5d6e6f5a9c3

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If Aubrey had 4ca32f1fa9 been a son fd4ab8f403 the marquis could 607dd50f8c be proud of, 3c371f02ab perhaps his relations 2cd0e56ac1 with Danvers might ebfbcd7a7f have been even f7f19cc03e worse than with c43da3f7e6 Gray. But in this life, a72cd74b31 Aubrey lived as he 38a6feaa2f pleased, often talking back a10aaecb77 to the marquis and 178b4ad434 sabotaging his plans, becoming 0570263dfa a troublemaker.dcd917ada150265a

And now, 262433c4b6 lying whipped 84713b8eb9 and sprawled 8c6563438d out, he b98e43554c appeared to 86e0ca725a pose no 7d86e7471c threat to 7708daca3e Danvers, who 1b9b503825 was bubbling 4e40ce7ae7 with the b04bad0ada desire to 9e29fcc1a6 inherit the 4aff7374eb marquis title. This seemed like 6e0932ebc8 a moment when 4dd794ae47 Danvers could dismiss 3437cc3b0e him as a d79caecd79 rival.a01ccf8b32bdb737

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Danvers was 60ae7db25b a meticulously 45046eefb2 calculating man e51544acfb but honest d482031ab0 with his ebaeee3b2b emotions. The look he gave 01db6be201 Aubrey was gentle, and fb682f5d5a the corners of his 936cd8378c mouth were slightly raised. Seeing this, 6c71fdac45 Aubrey couldn’t 2bbfe88ebe help but 9d14be9ffb speak.40223805767969a1

“Do you 9cd6b7907b enjoy seeing 19112fc62e me lying dcb9c081a6 here, whipped? You’re practically splitting b0a04bd30e your face grinning.”abbf959a0586a547

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“Don’t make unnecessary fuss a20893de4f over your own fault fa5a56a224 that led father to 7dc15bfb43 whip you.”95f7058d347fe098

“Before spouting 64587294df that nonsense, aca5147ad3 have you 40c7b1cf69 considered how 3f472a1610 foul my 595accf54c mood might c179315cb6 be?”d3033dac90a8a0ee

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You might ask if d2f4a6d4c5 it hurts or if 444cb455a2 I’m okay, but only 0a901601a9 sharp retorts would come 04e6dc6525 back.7c40765d95d53ea9