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1987

作者: V.Nicot
last update 公開日: 2026-03-27 10:09:08

Clara’s POV

We didn’t call Eleanor that night.

Gabriel looked at the message for a long time and then put his phone face down on the table and we sat in the specific silence of people who have received something large and are giving it room before they do anything with it.

At 11:30 he went back to Pembroke.

At the door he said, “Don’t let me call her angry.”

“I won’t,” I said.

“If I call tonight I’ll be angry,” he said.

“I know,” I said. “Call me instead.”

He looked at me.

“You’ll be asleep,”
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