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CHAPTER 62

Author: Anonymous Lee
last update Last Updated: 2025-11-09 07:04:00

CHAPTER 62

EZRA

I don’t know when I finally put the pen down. The last word—“soar”—sat there on the paper, surrounded by messy scrawls and smudged ink. My throat ached from humming under my breath. My hand hurt. My heart hurt more.

But it was done.

I exhaled shakily and leaned back against the headboard. For a second, I just stared at it—my song. The one we’d sing tomorrow. The one that, hopefully, wouldn’t get us laughed off stage.

A soft knock.

I turned, already knowing who it was.

“Come in,”
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