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Chapter 018

Author: Rosa Kane
last update publish date: 2026-02-28 23:46:50

JAMES

I stayed on that floor longer than I should have, as my mind traveled down memory lane.

I could still remember.

When Isla's family moved away a few years after the fire, we kept in touch for a while. Letters at first, then emails, then texts. But eventually, the messages grew further apart, the responses slower, until one day I realized we had not spoken in months and I did not even know where she was living anymore.

I had assumed she was fine. Happy. Living whatever life she had
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