The phone kept ringing.ETHAN CALLING flashed against the screen over and over, the same name lighting up again the moment it went dark. I let it ring out, watched it stop, watched it start again ten seconds later like he couldn’t fathom that I simply wasn’t going to answer.He chose my sister. Now he couldn’t stop calling.My mother called next, and I picked that one up only because I knew it would get worse if I didn’t. “Olivia, what have you done?” Her voice was sharp, clipped, nothing like the gentle scolding from the week before. “Damien Black? Married this weekend? Do you understand how this looks for the family? People are already talking.”Not are you alright. Not why didn’t you tell me. Just how does this look.“I’m fine, Mom,” I said, and hung up before she could ask anything else.Ava called less than a minute later, her voice unusually fast, almost breathless. “Olivia, I just want to make sure you’re okay. This is all happening so quickly.” A pause, too long to be comforta
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