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Rolex

I entered the car and fastened my seat belt when my phone began to ring. I wanted to ignore it at first, but the number flashing on the screen wasn’t saved in my contacts, it was an unknown one. Curiosity got the best of me. After securing the belt across my chest, I picked it up.

“Hey, it’s me….Red.

The voice on the other end made everything inside me freeze. The noise around me faded, the faint music from the radio, even the thrum of my own heartbeat. It was like the entire world stopped moving.

“Rolex?” the voice called again, soft and hesitant, yet familiar enough to make my chest ache.

My heart began to race, not the way it used to when I was still foolishly obsessed with her, not that old rush of excitement whenever I saw her name or heard her laugh but in a strange, uneven rhythm that I couldn’t quite explain. A shock, a ghost from the past.

For years, I had tried to reach her after she left. I called everyone I could, but it was as if she’d vanished from the face of
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Thanks for reading!🌺 For everyone who's still confused about the last two chapters before, I hope this clears things up... I made corrections to the previous chapter... It was meant to be 9 years later, not 19. I hope you enjoyed the story! 🫠

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Amy
That’s my thoughts - trying to set him up
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✨ Vera
I guess, Red appeared there now for a reason, after all those years. Could be that she is as well as Hazel in cahoots with Levi.
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