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Chapter 45: Fallout

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GAVIN

I stood in the middle of my living room, staring at the closed door Melanie had just slammed behind her. The silence that followed was deafening.

How could everything fall apart so quickly?

One moment, I was kissing her like she was the only thing that mattered in my fucked-up world, and the next, I was watching her walk out with tears in her eyes and betrayal written in every line of her face.

I dropped heavily onto the couch and buried my face in my hands, feeling a sharp headache alrea
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