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Chapter 12

Chapter 12

The celebration was intimate just family and close friends from high school. Still, the grand ballroom felt overwhelming.

Everyone’s eyes widened when they saw me there, like they’d seen a ghost. I could almost hear their thoughts: “What’s she doing here after everything?”

I just smiled politely and made small talk, playing dumb. But you couldn’t miss their not–so–subtle glances, the whispered conversations that stopped when I walked by. Four years of high school had taught me exactly what gossip looked like.

fresh air. That’s when I heard voices from around the corner where his friends had

was done with you after the whole Madison thing at the

cold, entitled – a sound I’d never heard from him

a few days – you really think she’d walk away after

years together, the way she’d drop everything for you… most guys would

dream girl – that’s

a moment. When he

great, sure. Sweet girl, totally devoted. But it feels like settling, you know? I’m eighteen – who wants to be tied down to their high school girlfriend forever? That’s such a cliché.

punched his arm. “You’re such an asshole.”

I slipped away silently,

floor.

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