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SyntheticChapter 21
The water pooled on the flagstones below her and poured down her face like tears. The rain had soaked her through hours ago, but despite the tremors that periodically shook her body, Renee refused to go back inside. She needed to think. If she had escaped from Claude, surely- surely she could outwit these adolescents. Surely, she could find Simon. Find him. Rescue him. They would be together. ... and start a farm. She choked back a sob and tightened her grip around her knees. She...