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Chapter 43: The First Day

作者: CASSANDRA MILLS
last update 公開日: 2026-03-07 01:47:03

**Leylie’s POV**

I woke up early Monday morning with a pounding headache and heavy, swollen eyes — a reminder of the hours I’d spent crying the night before. My face felt puffy, my throat raw. I barely slept more than two hours, and every time I closed my eyes, I saw Hayes’s cold face and heard Matt’s mocking laugh.

Maya knew something was wrong. She had spent the whole evening hovering over me, asking what happened and trying to get me to talk.

I couldn’t bring myself to say anything. How cou
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