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He wasn’t moving

作者: Callie
last update 公開日: 2025-06-07 06:22:04

BELLA

I stood there, my back pressed against the cold hallway wall, arms wrapped so tightly around myself it felt like I was trying to hold my soul in place.

My heart was a riot in my chest.

I couldn’t keep doing this. Not one more second.

Now that Ricardo was out of the picture… missing, maybe even dead, the guilt was screaming louder than ever. The truth was eating me alive. And if I didn’t tell Ryan soon… I was going to lose what little was left of myself.

But not here. Not in this hallway.
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