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Chapter 7: The placeholder.

Author: YueSama
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Jemma's POV.

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When I come to, the first thing I register is the throb at the back of my skull - I must have fainted. I blink twice before scrambling upright, and there it is, a few feet away: the envelope, lying open on the floor.

It sits there, indifferent to the damage it’s already done. My hands shake as I crawl toward it and snatch it up, reading the names over and over like repetition might change them.

Nothing changes. It’s still my husband’s name beside my sister’s - on invitations I des
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