The night was loud.Music pulsed through the walls, the kind that made your heart race even if you didn’t want it to. Lights flashed red, blue, gold — people laughed, bodies moved, and the world outside the club ceased to exist.I sat at the bar, my fingers wrapped around a glass of something strong. I didn’t even ask what it was — I just wanted the burn, the distraction, the numbness.My sister, Bella, had dragged me here. She said she had a “surprise” to cheer me up, but really, I knew what she wanted. To make me forget.Bella was everything I wasn’t — fearless, wild, unapologetic. While I’d spent years clinging to love and loyalty, she lived like the world owed her nothing and she owed it nothing in return. No attachments. No heartbreak.She was dancing now, her hips swaying effortlessly to the beat, her laughter cutting through the music like silver bells. Men watched her with hungry eyes, but she didn’t care. Bella belonged to no one.I envied her for that.She came back to the b
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