{Please don't read this chapter, it is not ready.}
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Despite knowing she absolutely abhors being near any boys except one, Jake Parker pressed on. With a lot of effort, she managed to wriggle her way out of them. But as always, her mother was extremely displeased; she didn't care about her psychological health, what she was comfortable with, or what she was not.
Tyler's heart tightened. What exemplary parents they are, trying to sell their daughter as if she were an abominable monster. He consoled her with what he could muster. Unable to help with that in any way.
Tyler came out of school and waited for her, but she messaged him that she was already on the riverside. He frowned. Why did she go there alone first?
