RheaI broke the second Elora’s door closed behind me.I just completely fell apart.She caught me before I hit the floor, her arms wrapping tight around me as the sobs tore out of my chest. Raw. Ugly. The kind of crying that physically hurts.“It’s okay,” she murmured, guiding me toward her bed. “It’s okay, Ri. I’ve got you. Cry it all out.”We sat there, me curled into her side, her holding me together while I shattered, and I cried until there was nothing left. I cried until my throat was raw, my eyes burned, and my chest ached from the sheer force of it.When the sobs finally subsided into hiccups, I pulled back, wiping my face with shaking hands.“They messed with me so bad,” I said, my voice wrecked. “And I let them. God, Elora, I let them.”“Hey.” She grabbed my hands, squeezing them. “You don’t have to talk about it if you’re not ready. Not if it’s too much.”“I was such a fool,” I admitted, because that’s exactly what I had been.“Stop.” Her voice was firm. “You’re
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