After arriving in Rivermark, my mother found the best reconstructive surgeon for me.
I poured all my energy into reconstructive treatment and recovery and cut myself off from the outside world.
Meanwhile, video from the engagement party spread throughout Mafia circles.
Nearly everyone knew I had been disfigured.
But every post and video uploaded online disappeared in less than one hour because my father had them taken down.
I had been in Rivermark for one week and still hadn't replied to a single message from Colton.
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Colton stared at his message thread with Annie, his fingertips slowly turning white as he gripped his phone. He thought he had given her a way to back down without losing face, so she would stop holding the whole thing against him.
He and Annie had fought before.
