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she whispered, the words choked and genuine.
“I know you are,” Sarah sighed, the fight gone out of her. “But sorry doesn’t fix this. Right now, I need you to go to your room. We are done talking for tonight. I am too upset, and you are not thinking clearly.”
Defeated, Chloe turned and walked slowly up the stairs to her bedroom. It felt different now—like a room for a child she suddenly didn’t recognize anymore. She lay on her bed, the echoes of her mother’s words—"reckless," "naive," "trust"—playing on a loop in her mind. The golden, perfect feeling from Liam’s room was gone, replaced by a cold, heavy guilt. The first secret of her adult life had been discovered, and the aftermath was far mo
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