Goodbye and See You Never
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Three months later, under the flash of spotlights, the final 'Caged' collection stunned the world.
My broken wings had become a cloak of gold.
At curtain call, a thousand white doves soared skyward from behind me.
In a mold-stained rental apartment, Monica sat before a flickering TV, surrounded by empty bottles.
Onscreen, the camera caught the moment I slipped an engagement ring onto Lilian's finger.
She hurled a bottle at the floor, shards embedding deep in her palm.
"Congratulations."
Lifting half a bottle of cheap liquor to the air, she laughed to no one.