Chapter 29

The man appeared rough and somewhat intimidating. Over the years, the men i

had interacted with were all meticulously groomed and usually dressed in

suits and ties.

The appearance of this man gave me the impression that he'd just been released from prison.

I instinctively tightened my grip on my backpack. Lisa had slipped a pepper spray and folding knife into my bag before I had left.

But before I could reach for them, the man had already started the car without saying anything.

What did that look he had given me mean?

1 didn't understand. But my heart, which had been comforted upon arriving in this city, started to race erratically. Due to my wariness, I didn't take in the city's

scenery.

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paid and got out.

Coming here was indeed imprudent. I could've waited until daytime to look for my parents'

with potholes, and there were puddles

at the house numbers along the street, and I found it. There was even a "For

really rent this place? Only

as I stepped inside. It was

in the middle. It was too dark to

this was a honey locust.

or a place to stay?" an elderly voice asked. Chapter

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with gray hair, leaning on a thin cane,

1. me.

room," I said as I pointed

one was a living room for entertaining guests and watching TV. The

original traces were gone, I wanted to stay in the room that my parents had

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