Updated A/N: This version is the edited version by my beta reader and I only added a little thing about how Kagome could see the seal that Miroku put on the well, the family emblem and at the end of the chapter, I put a summary for my next story up which il be posted in a couple of days, that's about it.

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Translations:

Miko: priestess

Hanyou: Half-demon, half-human

If there's anything else, let me know. It's always the same words.

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Last time of the Freedom Of Choice.........

Then Kagome did something that shocked them. She picked up her bag and turned around. They gazed at her in astonishment as she walked towards the well and threw her bag into it, her back still to them. They had expected her to start crying and denying it, but she didn't. She just left without saying a word. Now they all felt terrible. Inuyasha felt worse than the others since he already felt terrible before. He could faintly smell salt water in the air, Kagome's tears that she was holding back. He understood that she didn't want to cry in front of them. All he wanted to do was go up to her and hold her.

Kagome didn't look back at them or say anything. She felt betrayed and she wanted to go home before she started to cry. She jumped into the well and took the risk of glancing back up.

There stood Inuyasha, looking at her with a look of remorse, guilt, and was that love? However, before she could question it, an intense blue light surrounded her and all she heard before she landed in her time was the faint whisper of:

"I love you........."

Chapter 10: Emotions

Kagome sat there in the well crying as what her friends had said to her ran through her head. She had never felt so betrayed in all her life. 'Was this what Inuyasha felt when Kikyo had betrayed him and sealed him on the God tree?' Kagome thought.

She didn't know how long she was in there before she calmed herself and ran through what just happened to her in her head. It wasn't until she remembered when she had jumped through the well did the strange whisper came into her mind.

".........but who said 'I love you?'" Kagome asked herself as she pondered in the well

In Feudal Era.........

Inuyasha gazed down in the well, longing still lingering in his eyes. A tear traced down his cheek before it fell in and disappeared into the well, a blue glow surrounding it as it travelled 500 years into the future. The tear went unnoticed to the others around him. All that lingered in their mind was the disgust at what they did to their friend and the shock of what Inuyasha had said to Kagome so quietly that it would have been hard for her to hear.

"I love you," Inuyasha repeated again and again as he gazed into the well. The others had never seen Inuyasha like this and they didn't know a way to approach him. Usually when he was upset, it was Kagome that comforted him in her own way.

But there was no Kagome; there wasn't going to be a Kagome that was going to return unless the truth was told of what had happened today.

Inuyasha was still mumbling his mantra of 'I love you' when a hand was placed on his right shoulder. Inuyasha turned his gaze from the well that he was kneeling in front of to the hand that was wrapped in cloth with a rosary bead encircling it.

"Inuyasha?" Miroku asked his distraught friend with a worried look on his face. Inuyasha sighed and slowly got back on his feet.

"Miroku, put a sealing ofuda on the well so Kagome can't return," He muttered before he turned towards the others and stood beside the whimpering Shippo. They all watched Miroku take out the appropriate seal that he had made. He mumbled a couple of mantras and placed the seal on the side of the well sealing it completely.

"Inuyasha, did you mean that?" Sango asked the hanyou. They all knew what she was talking about. Inuyasha was never good with relating his feelings to others because of the life he had led. He had built a shell around himself and a wall that was as thick as concrete around his heart, so it was a surprise that he had told Kagome his feelings when she jumped down the well.

"Yes, I do love her. When this is all done, I'll tell her for real," He told his friends. It brought a little hope to their hearts, knowing that one day they would see her again. Hopefully, she still would be there when they, or Inuyasha most likely, go to get her.

"Well then, let's beat Naraku and get this over with!" Shouted Shippo. They all looked down at the tear-faced kitsune and smiled at him. They all knew that he considered Kagome to be his mother. To him, it was like losing another parent all over again. They all knew Shippo had a horrible childhood for someone as young as him. Inuyasha gazed down at the kitsune thinking about his predicament. In a way, Shippo and he were very much alike. They both had a hard childhood, but the difference was that Shippo had found friends that cared for him. Inuyasha knew that with Kagome gone, he would have to take care of the kitsune. In the three years that they had travelled together, he had grown attached to the trickster. Like his other friends, Shippo had accepted Inuyasha for what he was and didn't ridicule him of his blood. For that, he was eternally grateful to all of them.

He picked up the kitsune and placed him on his shoulder. He wiped the tears away with his sleeve and forced out a smile for the kitsune.

"Ya, let's beat the bastard." He said to him. The kitsune smiled at the declaration.

"Then we could get Kagome!" Shippo told them, his tail swishing in excitement. Even if they knew Kagome would most likely be mad at them, maybe even hate them and forget about them, they still had to hold onto to the hope that she would still accept them and forgive them for what they did. They all had to hope.

"Ya, so we could get Kagome," Inuyasha agreed to the kitsune's statement. Miroku, Sango and even Kirara gathered around the pair.

"Then the rest of the journey and the defeat of Naraku is for Kagome also!" Sango declared to the group. Sure, they had their own reasons for going after Naraku, but one more reason had just been added to the list.

Of course, Sango seeked out Naraku for revenge of what he did to her village as well as her family and taking away her brother Kohaku. Miroku needed Naraku dead for his revenge on what he did to his family as well as to seal the black hole in his hand before it consumed him. Inuyasha seeked out Naraku's blood for what he did to him over 50 years ago, 53 to be exact. He had put Kikyo and Inuyasha against one another, but Inuyasha had accepted that the reason was that he and Kikyo didn't trust one another. However, he didn't like being used, plus he did sort of promised Kikyo that he would seek revenge against Naraku so she could rest in peace. Inuyasha also had another reason for defeating Naraku. He wanted revenge for all the time Naraku had tried to put him and Kagome against one another to kill each other, although it never did work. Maybe it was because their bond was stronger than that of Kikyo and Inuyasha, but it was most likely that they trusted and cared for each other. However this could not be proven, even if it did make sense.

"FOR KAGOME!" The group shouted in unison, while Kirara 'mewed' in agreement. They all took one last look at the well before turning back into the woods and making their way to Kaede's hut for some rest to prepare for another journey.

Inuyasha, who was behind all the others, glanced back at the well where he had met his soul mate. 'Kagome, wait for me and know that I will always love you.'

Present Time.........

Kagome sat there, on the cold ground of the well, still contemplating the phrase over and over again in her head. She knew she had heard that voice somewhere before, somewhere that was surrounded in darkness. A blue glow flashed and a teardrop landed on Kagome's cheek. She gave a gasp and lifted her hand to collect the tear onto her finger. It had the warmth of Inuyasha radiating from it and that was when Kagome remembered the voice. It was the same voice that pulled her from the darkness when she was in a coma.

FLASHBACK

Darkness, only darkness could be seen and it stretched for all eternity. Kagome rocked back and forth, her knees drown up and her arms around them. Her knees muffled her face. She didn't know where she was and didn't know what to do. She had never felt this helpless before, and she gladly admitted it that she hated it. Suddenly a voice broke out through the darkness, a light was seen. Kagome didn't recognize the voice, but she felt herself being lifted out of the darkness and she was filled with warmth.

'Kagome, you can't leave me here alone.'

She was getting closer to the light.

'I love you Kagome.'

She still couldn't recognize the voice.

'You can't leave me, we still have our lives to live.'

The light's intensity increased, blinding Kagome in the process.

'Come back to me Kagome.........I love you.........'

Kagome heard this as she escaped the darkness. She was out of her a coma and now her mind waited until her body was rested to wake up. She fell asleep, the words of the strange voice she heard still going through her mind.

END FLASHBACK

"It sounded like.........Inuyasha! Was he the one who helped me out of my coma? Did he mean it when he said that? If he meant it that meant what I had heard when I fell through the well was true. It was Inuyasha who had whispered it to me." Tears glided down her face at the new realization. She sobbed in happiness at this as well as sadness. She still didn't understand why he did this. 'If he loved me, why did he let me go through the well and tell me to stay here? The only time that he told me to stay in my time was when he had a fight with Sesshoumaru.........was that it? He didn't like the idea of Sesshoumaru almost hurting me. Now that I had finally gotten seriously hurt after three years of only bumps and scratches, he had a panic attack!' By this time, anger had pounded into her veins and the tears had stopped flowing down her cheeks. Kagome's eyes blazed in anger as she stood up in the bottom of the well.

"That ass! He convinced the others to say all those things so I would leave and believe that they didn't want me around. They didn't want me hurt! If they told me to go, they knew I would disagree. They're all hypocrites. Don't they realize that when they get hurt, I want them all to come to my time and stay here so they would never get hurt? But do I do that? No, because I know that getting hurt is part of our mission. If they think that I will stay here, they get another thing coming! My miko powers have developed. Sure I don't know how to sword fight, but my miko powers can handle a lot. It's just that if I used my full power, Naraku will know just how powerful I am!" With her ranting done, Kagome grabbed her yellow bag and made her way up the ladder. She slipped the bag right back on and jumped back into the well.

However, instead of the familiar tingly feeling she would usually get from time traveling, Kagome felt the cold ground hitting her feet. She looked back up and was met with the roof of the well house. Kagome stood there confused when the well wasn't working and gave a frustrated growl while she climbed back out. Her yellow bag slipped off her shoulders and touched the ground of the well house. The young miko walked around the well, trying to find what was wrong with it. Halfway around the well, she came upon an old and aged ofuda. From the writing on it, it was a sealing one, probably Miroku's.

'Must have placed it on the well when I went through. I mean it looks 500 years old since if anything was placed in the well there would happen here.' She smirked as she gazed at it. Kagome knew that she could destroy it easily. Her holy powers as a miko was stronger than that of Miroku's.

However, instead of breaking the seal and going back into the well, Kagome stopped herself.

'If I went now, the others would still be there! They would find out about my powers and then they would try to seal me in my time again. I have to prove myself to them. I have to prove myself that I can fight!' Kagome thought as she picked up her bag and made her way out of the well house. She made up her mind that she would go back in a week or so, and prove herself to them that she could stay there without getting in trouble. While she was here, she would train herself with disguising her scent, so no one, not even Naraku, would know that she had returned back to the Feudal Era. All Naraku would know was that she wasn't travelling with Inuyasha anymore and since he didn't know about the well, she was safe.

Halfway to her house, Kagome saw her brother, Souta, running out of their house with a big grin. The young miko smiled at him as he made his way to his sister. In the past three years, he turned from a shy ten-year- old to a spunky, up beat thirteen-year-old. Boy, the life of a teen!

"Hey sis!" He said as he hugged her. He came up to her shoulders and his brown hair glistened in the sun as well as his brown eyes that he got from their mother. Today he was wearing baggy blue jeans and a black t- shirt that was very loose.

"Jeez, Souta, what is it with teens today? Do you guys wear everything loose nowadays? Everything is barely just fitting you. What if your pants fell down? I certainly don't want to know what kind of boxers you are wearing!" Kagome teased him. He laughed at her and pulled her towards the house.

"Come on. There's a surprise waiting for you in the living room!"

"Surprise?" Kagome asked. He nodded as they went into their home. Kagome placed her bag by the stairs and slipped off her shoes and put on some house slippers. The two siblings made their way into the living room.

Kagome gave a gasp at the sight in front of her. From all that was done to her, she had totally forgotten about her father and why the group was making their way to the well. There he sat on the couch, Sano Higurashi, with a content smile on his face as he looked at his eldest child. His ebony hair and blue-grey eyes, which Kagome had inherited, glistened as the sunlight poured into the room by a nearby living room window. Kagome's mother sat beside him, a happy smile adorning her face as she gazed at her husband. He wore some casual kakis and a light blue shirt while her mom, Megumi Higurashi, was wearing a white v-neck shirt with a maroon knee-length skirt. From the looks of it, he had been here for a couple of days, so Kagome was a little late.

"Dad!" She yelled as she ran into the living room. He stood up and hugged her, laughing at his daughter's enthusiasm. It wasn't until she was surrounded by his presence did Kagome finally realize how much she really missed her father. After being away from him for over three years, the toll of it now took on her. With this emotion that had been suppressed for over three years and with what she had just experienced with her friends, the end of her limits were reached. So, she did the only thing a normal person would have done if they were in her shoes.........she cried on her father's shoulder. Her whole body wreaked in sobs as she tried to muffle them on her father's shoulder, though it wasn't really working. Her father, Sano, clutched onto her tighter than before, rubbing her back soothingly and trying to calm her down as she tried to stifle her sobs. Surprisingly it worked! To this day it was only her father that could calm her down when she was crying. Well, he was the only one until she remembered what happened to her three years ago.

Inuyasha was another person who could calm her down, even though half the time Kagome was crying because of him. Still, even if she was crying because of him, when he would hold her in his arms, all her anger and sadness would disappear. Instead, she would be enveloped in the essence known as Inuyasha. Just thinking about him put her in a peaceful frame of mind.

Kagome broke out of her thoughts of Inuyasha as her father pushed her back so he could see her. The miko looked at him and then at the worried looks from the rest of her family. They were probably wondering if something happened in the past. She didn't want them to worry, since she already knew how to deal with that problem.

"I really missed you dad," Kagome told him quietly, clutching onto him like a lifeline. Ever since she was little, he was always the one who would take away her nightmares and now wasn't an exception.

She heard him chuckle above her and she lifted her tear stained face up to him. His warm blue-grey eyes shone in happiness as he looked at Kagome. He lifted his right hand and wiped her tear-stained face and smiled down at her.

"I missed you too Kagy," He said warmly as he settled himself on the couch and placed her between him and her mother.

'Kagy! No one has called me that in over three years. However, that's understandable since dad is the only one who calls me that. I guess when he left, the nickname went with him, but now it's back!' Kagome thought as she smiled back at him. Contrary to the popular belief of people and their dislike of their nicknames, Kagome actually liked hers. 'If Inuyasha ever found out my nickname, I would never be able to live it down,' She thought. He always came into her thoughts at unexpected times, but just thinking about him made her smile; thinking about him and what he whispered to her when she fell into the well turned her smile into a grin. Kagome was ripped out of her thoughts of Inuyasha by her father's voice.

"There's the real Kagy that I was waiting for." He said as the others laughed at the use of the nickname after three long years. Tauntings of 'Kagy' was heard from Souta before she scrambled after him, screaming at him to get 'his little teen butt back here so she could pound him.' Their parents and grandfather just laughed at their sibling behaviour and didn't stop until they both came back into the living room panting from their excursion and flopped down on the floor of the living room by the coffee table. After the family had settled down, Kagome asked a question that was bugging her since she first saw her dad.

"Hey dad, are you going to stay here from now on?" Kagome asked him as the others turned to Sano, hope evident in their eyes. Sano Higurashi smiled at his family and nodded.

"Yes I am. With the branch in North America up and running, they don't need help from one of the owners of the company anymore. I'm really glad, because now I could stay here with my family like I should have been. I know I should have visited too in the past three years. Phone calls can only get you so far, but I couldn't leave because if something happened back there when I was here, it would have set back our company by millions," Sano Higurashi explained to his family. They all sighed in relief that he would be staying here from now on and not leaving them again. They all relaxed, but one question from Sano got them all tensed up to the point that their muscles were straining.

"So Kagome, where have you been for the past couple of days and where did you get those scratches on your arms?" Sano asked his daughter. Kagome stiffened and looked down at her bare arms since her t-shirt wasn't covering the still evident scratches from the most previous battle in which she had almost 'lost her life' in the aspect of her friends. NOT!

She looked into the eyes of her father. She knew she couldn't lie to him. This wasn't your everyday white lie. This was major. Kagome decided to tell him everything. He was her father after all; he would believe her and not think she was a raving lunatic who needed some serious help as well as a psychiatrist, right?

"Um, dad? Whatever I tell you, you have to believe me, okay?" She asked him, looking for encouragement from her other family members, which she was warmly given.

"Sure honey," He told her, but if Kagome had looked closer at her father, she would have clearly seen amusement in his eyes. It was almost as if he knew what was going on and was waiting for his family to explain. Was that the case? No right?

"Okay. You see, three years ago, I fell into our family shrine well and travelled back 500 years into the past. There, I found out I was the reincarnation of a dead priestess, who by the way by some weird witch was brought back to life later on, and I released a hanyou named Inuyasha. I later found out I carried the Shikon no Tama inside me, but then while getting it back from a crow demon I sort of broke it and I, along with Inuyasha, had to find all the pieces since it gives demons powers. Along the way we met a fox demon named Shippo, a monk named Miroku with a black hole that will kill him if he didn't kill the person who placed it on him and a demon exterminator named Sango and her cat demon named Kirara whose whole village was destroyed. Now, we all travel together to find all the shards as well as destroy a demon, well hanyou, named Naraku that caused all my friends their pain," Kagome told him. She gave him the highly edited version of her tale, a very highly edited version. Kagome looked beside her to see her father's reaction to her tale. He was leaning back into the couch with a calm expression on his face.

"I've heard of the legend of the Shikon no Tama. I was after all was raised by my father," he told her, pointing to grandpa. "So, you had it inside you. It's broken and now you, with your friends, are trying to put it back together. All right then," He finished with a shake of his head. Kagome stared at him and practically face-faulted.

'Jeez, he took that just like mom. At least Inuyasha isn't here. I wouldn't know what to do if my dad would have started tweaking his ears. My family is too weird,' Kagome thought. She turned back to her father who had an excited look upon his face. 'If I didn't know any better, I would think that my father already knew about my time travelling expeditions, but I know for a fact that none of us told him whenever he called. Mom would have told me if she did tell him. I must just be imagining it.' Kagome was broken from her train of thoughts by her father's voice.

"Now, tell me the long version of your story. I want to know what has been happening from the beginning," Sano told Kagome. She looked around the room at her family. To this day she had never told them what she had been through these past three years and about her powers.

'I guess, I finally have to tell them what I have been through. I have to tell them all of it, well almost all of it. I can't really tell them about Inuyasha and my relationship, even though mom sort of knows, and I can't tell them that I kissed Inuyasha when Kaguya tried to turn him into a full crazed demon. I mean, I don't even call it a kiss!' Kagome contemplated.

The rest of the day was filled with Kagome's tale of how she was sucked into the well by Mistress centipede, her encounter with Inuyasha and her other friends as well as all the attacks by various demons she had encountered.

Kagome trudged her way up the stairs into her room. By the time she had finished her tale it was very late at night. She even told the tale during dinner.

'I never knew we did that much in the past three years!' Kagome thought as she entered her room and changed into her pyjamas consisting of flannel pants and a white tank top. She made her way to her bed and sat on the edge of the bed and looked at the clock. She gave a yawn and saw that it was almost midnight.

Kagome gave a sigh as she shuffled into her bed. She had promised her dad that she would go with him to see his work and meet his business partner, Mr. Yoshida. Her father, with Mr. Yoshida, had launched an electronics and technology business and it was booming around the world. It was actually Mr. Yoshida that came upon Sano Higurashi to be his business partner and Kagome's father readily agreed. It was a great opportunity. So, together they launched their business under the name Yoshida, since it was his idea, but Sano Higurashi was recognised as well.

Kagome gave another sigh since she knew she had to wake up early the next day to go with her father, and she wasn't very happy about the idea of waking up early.

She turned around in her bed and looked over at her night table where her lamp, that was still on, her alarm clock, and a photo resided. Kagome picked up the photo and one lone tear glistened down her cheek as she gazed at the picture. It was a picture that was taken several months ago, on her birthday. She had dragged Inuyasha to her time to celebrate it with her family and he had reluctantly agreed, even though Kagome knew he really did want to go, but was covering it up with his bad boy attitude.

It wasn't only Kagome's 18th birthday and her mark of finally becoming an adult, but it was also the three-year anniversary of Kagome and Inuyasha of when they first met. Megumi, Kagome's mother, had pushed the two to stand in front of the God tree and rearranged them so that Kagome was standing in front of Inuyasha, who by the way had his chin resting on top of her head. She then placed Inuyasha's arms around Kagome's shoulder and clasped his hands in front of her. Kagome's hands were raised to his hand and clasped on top of his. They both had a red tint on their faces because of their position, but as Kagome looked at the picture she saw the content smile that Inuyasha had on in which he rarely showed to anyone. This picture was a treasure to Kagome and she kept it beside her bed ever since it was taken. It was one of those rare moments in life where it seemed that nothing could ever go wrong and this moment was captured in that photo. Kagome placed the photo back on the night table and turned off the light. She settled herself in her bed and couldn't stop thinking about that day all those months ago.

After the family party was done, they all had trudged up to their rooms to get some well-deserved sleep. Inuyasha had followed Kagome into her room and when they were finally alone did he reveal his present to her.

It was a gold necklace with the Lord of the Western Land emblem, a family sign, attached to it. The emblem was crafted into a full moon in silver. Sketched in the full moon was a dog. Trinkets of crescent moons dangled from either side of the emblem. He had told her that his father had given it to his mother as a present and it was one of the things he had kept since his childhood. Even though Inuyasha had tried to pass it off as a present for a best friend, Kagome knew what it truly meant in Inuyasha's eyes. She was the first one beside his family that had accepted him for what he was and she had accepted him into her family; he really appreciated her for that. It was like a connection between the two families and Kagome couldn't be happier to receive it. In her time, she always wore it, seeing as it would have broken from all the fights in the past. She even had seen Inuyasha smile a couple of times when he had seen her wearing it when he came to pick her up sometimes. It always made Kagome happy to see Inuyasha in a happy mood. He did deserve the best, after all, he was a good person.

Kagome tried to look over at her jewellery box on her shelf across the room, but it was hard to see in the dark. The necklace resided in the jewellery box and Kagome couldn't wait to wear it in the morning. It always made her feel that Inuyasha was near and right now she really missed him, even though she was still mad at him and her friends.

After some serious contemplating she had forgiven her friends for all the things they had said to her, though she was going to yell at them when she saw them again for their utter stupidity and them being hypocrites. She knew that they didn't want her to get hurt, but they got hurt all the time - it was in the job description of trying to save the Feudal Era from Naraku.

Kagome gave a yawn and knew that she wouldn't be able to stay awake any longer judging from her dropping eyelids. She settled comfortably in her bed and fell into a dreamless sleep.

Kagome woke up to the birds chirping, the sunrays glittering into her room and what was that? The yelling of her brother to get her butt out of bed!

Kagome tumbled out of bed and made her way to the bathroom to brush her teeth and to take a shower. After her shower, she dressed in a knee- length jean skirt and a white long sleeve v-neck top. She had to look nice since she was going to see her father's business partner. She combed her hair and left it out and then put on the necklace that Inuyasha had given to her.

"Maybe I should cut my hair. I mean, it reaches to my waist now!" She exclaimed to herself while gazing at into the mirror.

"But I like your hair long," Came a voice behind her. Kagome jumped and whirled around to see her grinning brother leaning against the doorway. He was wearing cargo pants and a white and green polo shirt. Kagome raised one of her delicately shaped eyebrow at his appearance.

"What? Dad said I couldn't dress in my baggy clothes if I wanted to come with you and him." He explained to his older sister. Kagome nodded and turned back to take once more glace at herself in the mirror.

After breakfast was done, Kagome, Souta, and Sano Higurashi made their way into the crowded streets of Tokyo. At this hour, it wasn't wise to take a car because of the traffic, so the three took to the streets and made it to the Yoshida electronics and technology building. Sano Higurashi presented his pass to the guards in front of the building and made their way in. They took the elevator to the top floor where the co-presidents resided.

Kagome and Souta couldn't believe the size of the building! It looked to have at least 20 floors and their father had said that at least 10 including the 5 underground floors were labs to test new technologies. The lobby was huge! In the middle was a huge round desk of sort for the receptionist and adorning the lobby were fountains and marble floors.

As they made it to the top floor, they came upon an open space, a huge open space, again with fountains and what looked like an indoor forest. It was sort of like a waiting area. As they walked across the room to the doors that labelled Mr. S. Yoshida on one and Mr. S. Higurashi on the other, Kagome passed by a young woman who looked to be around her age and might be the secretary. She couldn't help but be reminded of Rin, seeing as the young woman had the same warm brown eyes even though it was tinted with amber and also had long black hair.

Kagome and Souta were ushered into Mr. Yoshida's office and Kagome turned to face the man standing in front of her.

Even though he did look older than the man she saw just a few days ago, she couldn't forget the long silver hair and the amber eyes. Though he was missing his red strips and crescent moon, Kagome had seen this man, this demon, though he looked human now, before.

"Sesshoumaru?"

A/N: Bet you guys didn't see that coming! Stay tune for the next chapter. I know this wasn't much of a chapter, but a lot of explaining had to be done! Review if you guys want me to update faster, though seeing as my beta reader is gone, I'll try my best!

Summary of new story: Return of the Lost Soul (AU)

Kagome believed that she was abandoned at birth and was cheated out of her life. However, with an unexpected run in with someone in need might help her with questions about her past and could even lead her to a bright future. Her journey awaits.........

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