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Sam watching me read with a grin Note: STOP NOTICING HIS GRIN

EMERGENCY PROTOCOLS

Read but don't respond

Selective emoji usage

Maintain professional distance

Try not to get attached

Note: TOO LATE???

Current Status: Information overload

Threat Level: INCREASING

Personal Note: Why does this feel so natural?

Secondary Note: These people are chaos

Final Note: I might love it

My phone buzzed for the hundredth time that morning, another notification from the "Dogg Pack" family chat lighting up my screen.

Dogg Pack Chat

DaddyDogg

WHY DON'T EGGS TELL JOKES?

MommyDogg

Please don’t….

DaddyDogg

THEY'D CRACK UP!

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