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41. After the quiet

Author: Marlize Beneke
last update Petsa ng paglalathala: 2026-01-22 13:29:26

Lena’s POV

I wake up already awake, that is the only way I can explain it.

My eyes open but my body never really rested as if something inside me stayed sitting up all night, listening. The room feels too quiet the kind of silence that makes you hold your breath without meaning to, just in case.

The bag is still on the chair.

Half packed with socks shoved in wrong and one shoe missing its pair. I didn’t finish it last night. I just stopped and sat there on the bed staring at it until Keenan tol
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