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Before We Were Gone

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Parts 3
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🏆THE AMBYS 2021 GENRE WINNER: MYSTERY/THRILLER

📢 Included in Wattpad Empowered's Monthly Spotlight list

Most impressive rankings:
🥇 #1 in The Ambys 2021
🥈 #2 in vanishing
🥈 #2 in vanished
🎖️ #4 in no clue
🏅 #5 in disappear

THIS IS A ONE SHOT STORY FOR THE AMBYS 2021.


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A woman in her late thirties walks into a small-town police station with no recollection of what happened to her. The odd thing is, she, her husband, and their three-year-old son, were reported missing a year ago to the day. What's even stranger is that their bodies had been found a month later.All Rights Reserved

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