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The Silence Between Us

Author: A.H. Hassan
last update Huling Na-update: 2025-09-08 23:46:04

Alessandro’s POV

The lake house has never felt this big before.

It is funny, this place was supposed to be a retreat, somewhere my family came when we wanted peace. But sitting here now, with the curtains pulled halfway and the lake outside dull and gray, it feels more like a prison. The kind you walk into yourself and then realize too late you don’t know the way out.

I have been hiding here for hours. Eight, maybe more. I stopped checking. My phone has not stopped buzzing since I got here, but I tossed it face down on the couch so I would not see the screen light up. Sandra, probably. Nicole too. I can almost hear her voice begging me not to do something reckless. And Micah… yeah, his name has flashed across the screen too. That one I could not bring myself to even glance at.

I should feel relieved, but instead, there is this pressure in my chest that won’t go away. Like if I breathe too deeply, I will choke on it.

Micah.

I can’t get his face out of my head. The way he looked at me b
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