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CHAPTER SEVENTEEN: GONE WITHOUT A TRACE
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2026-04-07 04:48:39
RutherdelSometimes, to find yourself, you have to disappear. Lena leaves behind the comfort of home for the uncertainty of a new country—but even when you run, your past and your secrets chase you. Would you have the courage to start over?
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He Was Never Just Anyone CHAPTER SEVENTEEN: GONE WITHOUT A TRACE
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The front door closed behind me with a soft click, and I stood in the hallway, unable to move. Everything was exactly as I’d left it this morning. The living room was bathed in the golden afternoon light. The television was on low volume—some cooking show my mother loved. The smell of food wafted from the kitchen, and my stomach immediately twisted in protest. How can everything look so normal when my life is falling apart? That was the cruelest part of it all. The world kept spinning. The sun kept shining. My parents kept going about their routines like nothing had changed, like their daughter wasn’t broken on the inside, carrying a secret that was slowly poisoning her from within. I could hear my mother in the kitchen, the sound of utensils clinking against plates, water running, the familiar rhythm of her preparing the evening meal. She had no idea. None. That I’d just spent the last hour being rejected by the man I loved. That I’d walked away from his house with tears streaming
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