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THE SILENT RIFT

Author: ABY
last update Last Updated: 2025-10-07 01:45:32

Olivia’s POV

The house was too quiet.

Not peaceful quiet—accusing quiet. The kind that crawls under your skin and keeps whispering, You’re lying to everyone.

Ethan and I had always filled the silence easily, music, cooking shows, dumb jokes. Tonight the air sat between us like a wall. Every sound was sharp: the tick of the kitchen clock, the scrape of his fork against the plate, my own heartbeat tripping in my ears.

“Good dinner,” he said finally, eyes on his food.

“Thanks.” My voice sounded thin, foreign.

He glanced up once, then back down. “Practice ran late. Coach says we need to tighten defense.”

I nodded, forcing a smile. “That’s good.”

“Yeah.” He chewed another bite, swallowed. “He also asked if you were okay.”

That caught me off guard. “Why would he ask that?”

He shrugged, pretending nonchalance. “Said you looked… tense. You and Xander both.”

My grip tightened on my glass. “Long day. Therapy wing’s a mess with the playoff injuries.”

“Right.” He kept eating, but I felt the quest
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