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The burn
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2026-04-07 07:00:00IVY POV
Hours passed, though I had no sense of time.I just sat there on the couch, wrapped in a blanket Max had grabbed for me, my face streaked with tears, hair damp and clinging to my cheeks. The apartment felt silent, but not in a peaceful way… more like the calm after a storm that had left destruction in its wake.Max didn’t say much. He didn’t need to. Just being there, steady and quiet, gave me a thread to hold onto. I wanted to speak, to tell him everything…the h
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