Two years later...
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"Are you sure this is the right place?” Aleksi asked for the third time; her voice tinged with skepticism as she glanced at the rundown building before us.
“Yes, I’m sure,” I replied, gritting my teeth. “I already told you three times."
"Geez, you need to get laid. Each day, you’re more irritable,” Aleksi muttered under her breath, loud enough for me to hear but low enough to feign innocence.
I rolled my eyes, ignoring her usual antics. After my fight with Allen, my life had taken a turn I hadn’t anticipated. I left him, and the house of lies behind, but freedom came with its own set of challenges. In the years since, I’d carved out a new path, one that didn’t involve being anyone’s pawn.
Aleksi had been a part of that journey. I didn't trust her
