78, A deal with the first daughter

Chapter Seventy Eight; A deal with the first daughter

Chris had been standing by his car for what felt like an eternity, lost in the flood of memories.

The laughter and music from the new apartment, where Jonathan and his new bride were celebrating, barely registered in his mind.

He was back in the past, reliving the events that had changed his life forever.

The day his parents died was etched into his memory with painful clarity. The pride in his father's eyes, the warmth in his mother's voice, the sudden, wrenching loss—they all came rushing back.

Suddenly, the shrill ring of his phone's alarm jolted him back to the present.

Chris glanced at the screen: 1:30 PM. Shelly had given him precisely one hour and thirty minutes to retrieve the potion from his car and bring it back to her.

If he didn't make it back in time, she had threatened to publish a damaging story about him and his family, accusing them of poisoning her and blaming it on evil spirits.

The thought was absurd, it
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