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For my family and friends, who never gave up on me. I wouldn’t be where I am today without their continued love and support.
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I glanced down at the luminous hands of the large watch that made my wrist look as thin as a child’s. Surely that couldn’t be the right time. It couldn’t possibly have taken me as long as that just to get this far. Then I remembered that he’d set the watch before I left, so
