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Chapter One Hundred and Forty Four.
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Jessica who had been calling to find out why Meredith didn’t call back as she promised, but continued getting same response. She became really angry and wondered if that was her way of trying to avoid her questions which she knew how serious it was.

After calling the whole day and still go no response. She decided to drive down to Meredith's house to find out what was going on.

With how angry she was, she drove into Roland’s premises and hurried down from her car. She had walked a little distance when she realised she had left the car open.

"Sh**t!" she could pierce her neck with a knife if she was with one, as the point.

Immediately she turned and hurried back to the car to close it. But as she hurried, the heel to one of her shoes pulled off.

"What the heck is going on?" She spat, burning in a flame of anger, as she bent and completely pulled her shoes off, then hurried to close the car.

She got to the door afterwards and unleashed her anger on the doorbell as she pressed on it s
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