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VANESSA DAVIS

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I shut the lid of my laptop and stared at it for a long second. The screen was black, but I could still see the echo of everything inside it—files, photos, confessions that might change the course of this pack’s future. I backed it up to several places. The first backup was easier than the others after it. Ugh, I’m actually super tired.

I feel like crashing but i have one more thing to do. I gotta make that call I’ve been avoiding.

My thumb hovered over my phone before I picked it up and scrolled to a number I’d been avoiding for days.

Maya (Editor-in-Chief)

The moment it started ringing, I regretted it. But there was no turning back now.

She picked up before the third ring.

“Jesus Christ, Vanessa. You’re alive. I’ve been calling you, emailing you, and texting you. You practically live on your phone, so why haven’t you been answering?”

Her voice was sharp, loud, clipped. Familiar. And also tired. Everyone’s got shit that they’re dealing with.

“I’m sorry,
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