The Girl Who Broke the Silence
She wished she could borrow his calm, but her own chest thrummed like a drum, restless, uncertain.
Promise lay down, the ceiling blackened above her, Daniel’s quiet breathing steady at her side. Sleep did not come easily. When it did, she dreamed of a market filled with mirrors. Each mirror showed her wearing different faces, different clothes, different lives. In one, she wore velvet, applauded by strangers. In another, she was barefoot, shoulders bent beneath buckets of water. In yet another, she stood laughing with Daniel, her feet bare, her eyes clear.
But in every reflection, her shoes were broken. Only her steps remained unbroken—echoing, multiplying, refusing to stop.
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