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Chapter 246: What Remains When She Is Gone

Author: Clare
last update Petsa ng paglalathala: 2026-08-10 07:42:36

The first week, I didn't leave the house.

Mireille was dead. Emilia was dead. Celeste was dead. The garden was full of roses that I couldn't bear to look at. The kitchen was full of coffee that I couldn't bear to drink. The bed was full of empty space where her body had been.

Lucky the Fourth—because of course there was Lucky the Fourth, a small grey terrier we'd adopted two years ago, when we'd still been able to walk a dog—sat beside me on the couch. He didn't demand walks. Didn't demand food
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