Chronicles Of One Night Stands
I hated how it made me think of the hotel room, of that night, of the stranger who had burned his way into my memory.
“Snap out of it, Cassie,” I muttered. “It was just one reckless night.”
Downstairs, the ballroom was already buzzing with laughter and champagne glasses clinking. The stares I drew were sharp, but I ignored them all and slipped out into the garden. The moonlight was greater company than the crowd inside.
I stared at the moon. Always there. Always fulfilling its purpose. Unlike me stumbling, failing, suffocating in my own skin.
I stayed until footsteps rustled the grass behind me. My mother’s voice cut through the night. “There you are. I want you to meet someone.”
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