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Chapter 8

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Chapter 8

Riya

Tuesday moved too slowly and then all at once.

I spent most of the day in the suite. The stylist came at four, fixed my hair into something soft and expensive, did my makeup until my own face looked like a better-funded version of itself. The black gown waited on the bed like a verdict.

At 7:20 I was ready.

The woman in the mirror didn’t look like the girl from Queens who had counted hospital bills on a kitchen counter. She looked like someone who belonged on Aryan Rajvansh’s arm
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