Beyond A Substitute
And outside, the sun rose higher over Manhattan, bathing the city in light—even as one woman sat in the dark, trying to untangle what was real… and what was just another scene for the show.
Meanwhile, in Manhattan, The phone screen dimmed, and the livestream ended.
Beth smiled with satisfaction as she carefully placed her phone down on the dresser, her glossy lips curved into the kind of smile that belonged on magazine covers—polished, triumphant, perfectly hollow.
She turned back to Kingsley, who still sat in the bed with the untouched bowl of fruit in front of him and the croissant he could no longer taste wedged between his fingers.
“Well,” Beth said brightly, brushing her long curls back
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