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Author: Scare crow
last update publish date: 2026-08-28 15:16:09

Vanessa's POV

The hotel room was too quiet, too sterile, and far too small for the storm brewing inside her head.

Vanessa leaned against the marble bathroom counter, staring at her reflection in the gilded mirror. The high-rise suite had every amenity imaginable, but the polished luxury felt like a velvet cage. She hated the quiet. She hated the faint smell of hotel ozone and lavender polish trying to mask the scent of lingering rain. Most of all, she hated the fact that no matter how hard she
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