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The Choice
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2026-03-02 21:44:35The letter arrived on their nineteenth-month anniversary. Cream-colored envelope. Familiar handwriting.
Victoria.
"How is this possible?" Elena said, staring at it. "She's been dead for almost two years."
Dominic opened it carefully.
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