Samantha I lowered my eyes, my fingers still tangled gently in Zephyr’s damp hair.For a while, neither of us spoke.The bathroom was filled with soft sounds. The quiet ripple of water. The faint hiss of steam curling through the air.But my thoughts were loud.Far too loud.Because suddenly, pieces that had never made sense before were starting to fit together in ways that made my stomach twist painfully.I remembered the way Veronica used to act whenever her husband called.The subtle tension that always appeared in her shoulders.The careful way she chose her words.The way she constantly second-guessed herself afterward.Back then, I had been too consumed by my own suffering to notice it clearly.Or maybe...I just didn’t want to see it.Because admitting Veronica might have been suffering too would have complicated everything I hated about her.“I used to think she hated me because she enjoyed hurting people,” I admitted quietly.Zephyr stayed silent, listening.“But now...” I s
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