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hosen together, felt like a mockery. I moved through the rooms like a ghost, a black trash

ch to the gut: A MORETTI WELCOME: DANTE MORETTI AND PAR

th Selena on his arm. The caption called her his "lovely partner." As if I di

t an affair. It

way the last of my tears. He thought I was disposable.

night, he found me standin

ristening?" he asked, his tone

e," I said, my voice

t used to make me melt. I sidestepped him. "Don'

eight months a misunderstanding?

in his eyes. He still thou

ve sound. A flicker of panic crosse

own luggage and the baby in a carrier. She breezed pas

own disaster, standing between his wi

n't accept this, Sera," he said, gesturing vaguely betwe