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Chapter 42 – The Mirror Doesn’t Lie
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2026-05-30 00:58:05The bathroom in our new house is too big for one person.
I realize this as I close the door behind me, seeking the first real minutes of privacy since I woke up. It’s not that I want to be away from them—it'shat my body still hasn’t learned the difference between chosen solitude and imposed solitude. It still confuses privacy with abandonment.
The space was clearly designed for multiple people: two sinks side by side,
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