VIOLETAI stared at the mirror, frozen. My hand slowly touched my cheek again, just to be sure it wasn’t a dream or some trick of the light. But no—it was real. The scar that had ruined my face for months... was gone.Gone.I couldn’t breathe. My lips parted slightly, but no words came out. My reflection looked like someone I hadn't seen in a long time—me. The real me. The one before the fire. The one before the pain, the fear, the hiding. The one I thought was lost forever.A small sob slipped from my throat, and then another. Before I knew it, I was crying. Not the quiet, pretty kind of crying, but the messy, shaky one that made your chest hurt. I covered my mouth with both hands, the tears pouring down my cheeks, mixing with the dampness of the towel I still held.I didn’t even know why I was crying so hard. Was it happiness? Relief? Shock? Maybe all of it. Maybe it was the weight I had been carrying for so long finally falling off my shoulders.I sank to the floor, hugging my knee
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