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Chapter 8 Cont. “Like a firefly without a light”

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Nov 09, 2025
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As the weather turned and rain was starting to fall, my twinge of homesickness was starting to turn into a real cold.

TJ decided he would call his mom to see if she was willing to take us in for no more than a week, just to let the weather clear up.

She agreed, on the only condition that we wouldn’t get my dad involved at all.

Easy peasy.

I was missing my f…

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