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Chapter 9: No Choice
LiLhyzNovember 20, 2023. Chapter 1-2. Ladies, thank you for the gems. So happy to see we are at number 21 after just three days of release. Keep those gems coming!
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"I don't mind if she hates me right now, but I can't let her h -" Lucas' words were cut off because his phone rang. His father was calling, and he had to answer it. "Dad?" "Son, I heard Kaleb is being admitted to the Heart and Lung Center, and you are operating on him?" Lucas’ father, Evan Thompson, asked on the other line. "Are you -" Lucas felt his father's hesitation. Eventually, Evan Thompson resumed, "Are you fixing things?" "You could say that, Dad," Lucas answered. "Uncle Kaleb needs an ascending aortic replacement." “After ten years, your timing is still off,” Evan said. “I know, but when I saw Lily back in Koplin, I couldn’t - I had to have her,” Lucas reasoned. “I married her, Dad.” “What?” Evan reacted. “I forced her to marry me,” Lucas revealed. “You are going to give us a heart attack,” Evan remarked. “I’m sorry. I want to be with her badly,” Lucas explained. “Don’t worry about this. I’ll make it work.” There was silence in the air before Evan proposed, "The
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