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Crossing Paths
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2026-08-09 02:22:14A week passed faster than Isla expected. One moment she was settling into a quiet routine at the lakeside estate, and the next, the morning of her departure had arrived.
Mist drifted low over the water outside, softening the edges of the lake as the first sunlight turned its surface gold. The house behind her felt unusually still, as if it too understood that something was about to end.
Isla came downstairs with a medium suitcase in one hand and her laptop bag slung over her sho
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