From Stand-In to Sterling

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as gone too.

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woke

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zzed. A text

Jessica. I think I'm still in love

g again. The ex

ried, begged, felt

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ly, surprised by he

re you...

, Ethan.

hung

heavy cloak, but beneath it, a ti

room, a relic of a life s

't waste years on a m

, she wou

fore, a forgotten passion.

r old sketchbook. The paper

path.