Viola McCoyI sit curled up on the couch, my knees tucked beneath me, both hands wrapped tightly around my coffee mug. The apartment is quiet. The news hasn’t slowed down—if anything, it’s only intensified—and I’ve been hiding all day, behind the drawn curtains. Reporters are vultures outside the gate, waiting for something, anything, to pick at.But I’m trying. Trying to breathe. Trying not to let the ache in my chest swallow me whole. Amirah, thank God, went out to grab a few things. I needed to be alone for a minute… or at least I thought I did.When the doorbell rings, I perk up. My pulse jumps.“Amirah, did you forget your key again?” I mutter under my breath as I set my mug down and shuffle toward the door.But when I pull it open—my breath catches.It’s not Amirah.It’s Logan.He’s standing there in a gray hoodie and jeans, his cap pulled low, sunglasses perched on his nose even though the hallway is dim. But it’s his face—tight and unreadable, his jaw clenched.“Logan,”
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