TRICIATwo weeks had crawled by since that night at the hotel, and I still couldn’t face my reflection without wanting to shatter the glass. I used the envelope I had refused to count to pay my father’s hospital bills and settle my tuition. Relief should have come, but instead, I was haunted by memories I couldn’t escape.Frank was avoiding me like the plague. Whenever our eyes met in class, his gaze dripped with contempt, and he let his friends mock me loud enough for everyone to hear. “She pretends to be holy, but she sells herself at night.” “She fooled Frank for six years. Imagine that.”Their laughter echoed in my mind long after class ended, each word a stone against my chest. Still, I kept my head down, studying harder to drown out their voices.But two months later, while serving customers at the diner, my world spun violently. The tray slipped from my trembling hands, plates shattered, and I collapsed. When I woke up, I found myself in a hospital bed, staring at pale blue
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