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Peace

Author: Jo Peters
last update publish date: 2026-04-13 16:18:56

Clara's POV

I drove straight to Cameron's after the session.

I hadn't planned to. My hands had simply taken the turn without consulting my brain, and suddenly I was pulling into the underground parking of his building, the engine cutting out, the silence of the car settling around me like a blanket.

I sat there for a moment.

My eyes were still puffy. My chest still felt raw, like Dr. Sean had opened something in me that I had kept sealed for so long the air itself hurt. I didn't know what I wa
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