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Lot 39 - Conclusion Part 3: We Didn't Start the Fire [Fiction]

It was already burning. We just showed up and tried to fight it. - Billy Joel (paraphrased)

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Andrew Jazprose Hill
Oct 23, 2022
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Part III

We Didn’t Start the Fire

12

“Have you gone mad?  Why didn’t you try to reach me?”

“We did, but you were out of range.”

“I can’t believe you betrayed me like this, Carla.  My own sister.”

Viktor was on the phone with his youngest sibling.  The only girl and his father’s favor…

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