I left him in his wheelchair, staring sadly into the fireplace. I wond…

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I left him in his wheelchair, staring sadly into the fireplace. I wondered how many times he’d sat here, waiting for heroes that never came back. ✨ Rick Riordan (2009). Percy Jackson and the Battle of the Labyrinth, p.168, Penguin UK
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I left him in his wheelchair, staring sadly into the fireplace. I wondered how many times he’d sat here, waiting for heroes that never came back. ✨ Rick Riordan (2009). Percy Jackson and the Battle of the Labyrinth, p.168, Penguin UK

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