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rock bottom woul

was stale and musty, the paint on the walls was peeling, and the ceiling fan creaked and groaned

greed. The black credit card, once her ticket to a life of luxury, was now frozen, useless to her. Even her

aking in the second-hand furniture and the faded curtain

did

she had nothing to fall back on. No money, no connections, and worst of all-no repu

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ality

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When night finally fell, she collapsed onto her mattress,

she remembered - there was no one to call. No one to

wing a picture of her snuggled up on the couch, wearing Lucas's shirt. Her head res

uld almost feel Lucas's gentle touch, his warm breath on her ski

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hear his voice,

e to struggle as

d tears. It was all just a sick joke. Lucas hadn't just l

l felt like a lie now. Ava's heart felt like it had been ripped

a part of her had died. She went through the moti

ch the morning news. And that's when she saw him - Lucas, standing

instant, replaced by a burni

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ing with anger and hurt. But then, as if the univer

the screen, her he

sn't done. But neither am I. You wa

he was planning? She felt a shiver run down her spine as she realized t

asn't alone in this fight.

d racing with questions. Who was this mysterious

text came through: Meet me at the coffee

did they have in store for her? She looked at the clock on her