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A Death Reminder

Author: Tamara Love
last update publish date: 2026-04-02 23:40:20

CHAPTER NINETEEN

LAUREN’S POV

I did not pick the phone back up immediately.

I just stared at it on the floor like it had grown teeth and bitten me.

Silas said my name once. Then again, quieter.

“Lauren.”

I bent down with stiff fingers and grabbed the phone.

Then I kept reading.

I should have stopped.

I didn’t.

I scrolled through message after message, every word feeling like a slap.

Serena: *She is such a doormat.*

Jake: *That’s why she’s easy.*

Serena: *She’d make a good wife for some boring p
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