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2026-08-02 14:08:08By Monday morning, the rain had finally stopped.
The puddles were still there though, spread across Maple Avenue like pieces of broken sky. I stepped around the biggest one on my way to school, more out of habit than anything else. Across the street, the Carter house was already quiet.Gray had left early again.A month ago, that would've annoyed me. I'd have texted him something dramatic.Wow. Replaced me already?He would've answered with somethi
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By Monday morning, the rain had finally stopped.The puddles were still there though, spread across Maple Avenue like pieces of broken sky. I stepped around the biggest one on my way to school, more out of habit than anything else. Across the street, the Carter house was already quiet.Gray had left early again.A month ago, that would've annoyed me. I'd have texted him something dramatic.Wow. Replaced me already?He would've answered with something equally stupid.Couldn't risk being seen with you.Then I'd have walked into first period pretending I was offended while he tried not to laugh.Now there wasn't even a message to ignore.Just another morning where we left the same street at different times.I hated how quickly silence became normal.---The first person to speak to me wasn't Dana.It was Mrs. Ellis in the library."You've got another overdu
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The letter arrived in Geneva on a Tuesday morning.It came inside a cream envelope sealed with dark green wax, the Wrexley crest pressed neatly into the centre. Thick paper. Expensive ink. The sort of invitation that expected to be opened immediately.It remained untouched.Elena, Wren's assistant, placed it on the corner of her desk beside three others that had arrived since breakfast."The courier insisted it was urgent."Wren didn't look up from the sample strips spread across the oak table."They all do."She dipped another blotter into a bottle of amber liquid and lifted it beneath her nose.Orange blossom.Too sweet.She made a note without speaking.Elena waited."This one's from Wrexley Group."That earned a glance.Nothing more."They've marked it private and confidential."Wren reached for the envelope at last.Her fingers
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