ually rememb
mascara running down my face like some kind of disaster, and th
alley smelled like old grease and cilantro. That was the moment it f
in here at seventeen, right when the child-star hype died and the tablo
ed piling up faster than I could handle. Whenever my life fell apart, I'd just tuck m
n't just hiding. I
down the wall, landing right in a puddle of something that smelled l
Christ,
chef's whites, a knife in one hand and a cigarette hanging
our annual meltdown doesn
at came out was another sob,
d hauled me up by my armpits like I weighed nothi
ugh the steaming kitchen. They'd seen fallen stars before
ap tequila into a chipped mug that said WORLD'S
. Then
ed my throat. I
irt this morning. The penthouse. The table. The way he just kept
etending to be a CEO since he was twenty-five, and he call
e you still outshone them. Zayden didn't fall in love that night, mija. He saw a sad, beautiful girl he could rebrand. He turned Sunny Sant
ws where I was crying, the images of a broken daughter taking care of
ow. "He didn't save you, Rina.
ugh escaped
"Auto-erotic asphyxiation gone wrong. Tra
es," I w
r grin turned wolfish. "Remind the world who you w
the desk. Unknown
ounded like old money. "Dexter Simmons. H
s eyebro
lier work. The real you. 'Saint Erina Saves the Day'-teaching broke kids how to make gourmet grilled c
opped. Mariso
atform. A nightly live show. No delay, no ce
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