Chapter 21 — The Ex-Wife’s Move(Zara POV)The call ends, but I don’t move.I keep holding the phone to my ear for a few seconds after the line goes dead, like my body hasn’t caught up to the fact that the conversation is over. When I finally lower it, I place it face down on the table and sit there staring at nothing in particular.Jane is watching me from the couch.“Who was that?” she asks, not casually, not sharply either, just steady in the way she gets when she knows something matters.I don’t answer right away.Not because I don’t trust her, but because I don’t know how to say the name without making it real in a way I’m not ready for yet. Saying it out loud feels like opening a door I cannot close again.“Zara,” she says again, softer this time.“I’ll tell you later,” I reply, and even to my own ears it sounds like a delay, not an answer.Jane studies me for a moment longer, then nods o
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