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Chapter 114

Penulis: Billie Patsy
last update Tanggal publikasi: 2026-02-11 17:03:23

The shower had been scalding—long enough that my skin was pink and stinging, long enough that the steam fogged the mirror so thick I couldn’t see my own reflection. I wanted it that way.

I didn’t want to look at myself yet. Not after Jonas and Sarah left. Not after I’d sat on the bathroom floor for an hour staring at nothing while the water ran cold.

I wrapped myself in the biggest towel I owned, the soft white one Sarah had bought me last Christmas, and padded barefoot across the living room.
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