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Lydia's Apartment
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2026-07-08 15:00:00“Tell me this isn’t real, Elena.”
Lydia’s voice cracked somewhere between disbelief and fear.She stood frozen in the doorway between her living room and kitchen, her handbag still hanging from her shoulder, her keyring dangling from her fingers. Her eyes darted from Elena’s pale face to the bag dropped carelessly on the sofa, then back again — as if trying to piece together how her best friend ended up in her apartment, unannounced, looking like she had been running from a
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