I NEED YOU, ELENA
My reputation — fragile and precious — lay in ruins, trampled by the boots of gossip and scandal.
Friends vanished, one by one, their silences louder than any accusation. Trust shattered like glass beneath my feet.
I was utterly, devastatingly broken.
The room felt colder than the autumn air outside. I pulled my thin sweater tighter around me, but it did little to shield me from the chill inside. I stared at the cracked mug in my hands, the bitter tea that mirrored my bitterness.
My phone buzzed softly on the coffee table — a small, persistent vibration that dragged me from the darkness. I didn’t want to answer. I wanted to pretend it wasn’t there, that the outside world hadn’t yet noticed h
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