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CHAPTER 34: Burning In The Dark

Penulis: I S H A
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The next day blurred into an indistinguishable haze, each moment a slow surrender to the confines of my room. My world had shrunk to these four walls— a self-imposed sanctuary from the chaos I refused to acknowledge. Meals with my parents offered fleeting reprieves, brief forays into a semblance of normalcy, but I always retreated, drawn back to the quiet solitude where I could meticulously blueprint my new life in New York. A fresh start. A clean slate. That was the mantra I clung to, a desperate hope against the encroaching shadows of the past few nights, somehow hoping all these would wash away the memory of that night.

Eva, on the other hand, was basking in a radiant glow I couldn't comprehend. She’d found someone, a guy who had clearly captivated her completely. Her voice, usually so measured, now bubbled with an uncharacteristic giddiness, a constant stream of adoration for him. Every call, every text, she was somewhere else— floating, glowing, dreaming.

She hadn't pressed me on
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