Chapter 1455

Colby led Sophie to a room tucked away at the back on the left side. As the door swung open, he instinctively shielded Sophie from the dust clinging to the doorway.

It took Sophie a moment to fully absorb the room's appearance. It was a cramped space, barely 100 square feet, with three bunk beds whose metal frames were badly rusted. The room was bare, save for a simple stand holding a copper basin. Colby's description of the place as 'modest' was definitely putting it mildly.

"There's nothing worth seeing here; it's filthy. Let's head out," Colby murmured, gently pulling on Sophie's arm. But instead of leaving, she grew curious and asked, "Which bed is yours?"

"Right there," Colby pointed to the bottom bunk in the corner.

"So, you share this room with Griffin and Odie?" she inquired.

"Yeah," he nodded.

"What about the other three beds?" she pressed.

the last ones to arrive, so it's just the three of us here,"

with the White

"That's right," Colby replied.

still neat, but the

one exhaust fan, not even a ceiling fan to stir the air. In the summer, it was suffocating; in the winter, it was as

and his friends had called this place home for over a

the slums,

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paradise," Colby remarked, sensing Sophie's thoughts. He stepped closer, took her hand, and said, "The past is behind

You'll start feeling uncomfortable if we stay too

Sophie lowered her gaze.

start all over again, maybe you wouldn't have had to go through all that hardship, and we'd all be happy." Colby squeezed her hand a bit tighter. "Don't

that beautiful dream, she often found herself wishing for a world where everyone was happy, without regrets or pain. If that gem truly had such miraculous powers, maybe... it wouldn't be

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