The first time Raegan saw Bryer again, she was holding a bag of groceries and humming under her breath.The sound surprised her when she noticed it. Soft, absentminded, slipping out without permission. She hadn’t been humming for very long, not consciously, but it seemed to follow her lately. Like her body was remembering something before her mind caught up.The elevator in Marley’s building had been out all week, which should have been annoying. Instead, Raegan had started using the fire escape to come and go, climbing carefully with her tote bag bumping against her hip. Something about it made her feel like the main character in a life she was finally writing for herself. Finally moving through the world with intention instead of obligation.She was rounding the corner toward Marley’s front door, keys threaded between her fingers, mentally cataloging what she still needed for dinner, when she nearly collided with someone stepping out of the apartment next door.Two bags of takeout s
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