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Chapter 1

Word Count: 763    |    Released on: 09/07/2025

uture. NYU for me, NYU for David. We' d spent four years of high school working

lives we

from the living room. He was on the phone, his tone low and excited. I

stoked. California is

k in my hands suddenly fee

ard from him before. "I' m telling her tonight. I can' t do it anymore. Th

om my hands and hit the

g room we

l in his hand. The smile was gone from his face, replaced by

he said. It was

im, at the boy I had loved since we were kids, the boy who held my

he started, but the lie wa

small, broken sound. "UCL

is chin lifting with a hint of defiance.

hat about us?" The questions tumbled out, e

s voice flat. "I' m tired of you.

thought my devotion was what he wanted. I organized our study schedules, I made sure h

it was

my knees. It was like watching a tidal wave approach in slow motion. You see i

eam. I just stood there, let

a coward. He hadn' t planned to tell me; he had planned t

nt to my desk and picked up his NYU acceptance letter.

boy I loved wasn' t standing in my room. A s

said. My voice

e even a little hurt. As

rah.

of my hous

eard him hesitate, then the sound of his footst

was

' t just a breakup. It was the demolition of my entire world. He hadn' t just left me; he ha

YU letter. The dream

hing started to form in my chest

y. He thought I couldn

d study architecture. And

it kil

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