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nswer Soph

oor, I might see something I couldn't unsee. Hear some

and closed my eyes. The rain had stopped, but everyth

.. and now Marc and Sophie-alone together in the one place I thoug

hatever truths they were cooking up in there. I needed to breathe. I ended up on the rooftop of our old apartment-Bellev

t a cigarette, something I hadn't done in years. But tonight, I didn't care. Not a

d let the smoke fill

ie, I picked up. Her voice came through, trembling. "Maurice-where are you?" "Why?"

here," she whispered. "

lace for that conversation?" "No. It wasn't. But that's wh

e colder than I intended. She d

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y like a ghost. I didn't chase him. I couldn't. All I could do was stare at the keyboard

much missing time. Too many stories with half-truths." "And you still love her?" I looked up

I already knew what

hed business too. And in that moment, something in the air shifted-an old tension returning

irror before it shatters.BAttached was an image. Blurry. Black and white. A phot

ie weren't official. But s

ric

when I returned to the apartment. A cup of un

p, startled.

aned against the fridge. "I need answers

winter. Don't pretend you don

I wasn't cheating. Not

pregnant. I panicked. I didn't know if it was Marc's or... someone else's." "Someone else?" My voi

ex." It felt like the ro

off. But when I missed my period and the tests came

asked, ja

" "So you came back a

between us. And then the album came out. And then the video scanda

t real anymore. Not Rosalie. N

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ck when fame hadn't fractured us. I thought maybe Maurice would come here, he didn't, But I wasn't al

"What do y

To say congr

, your girl. It's like a soap opera-except the ending's gonna suck.

ollar. "Say it.

." Then he walked away, I looked up. A security c

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hie, No words at first. Just four broken people in one broken place.

looked away. "We can't keep doing this," I

We give the press what they want. A full story. From us. Not through leaks.

Let them see it. The pain. The cracks.

in silence, Then my phone buzzed, A new message. From a blocke