Chapter 38-Sadie
I shouldn’t have snapped. That was the first thing that kept replaying in my head. Not what he said. Not how he said it. Just— how fast I shut it down. I sat on the edge of the bed in Maddie’s spare room, my phone in my hand, staring at the screen like it had done something wrong. Like it was the reason everything felt off. It wasn’t. I knew it wasn’t. My chest still felt tight, that same pressure sitting just under the surface like it hadn’t gone anywhere since earlier. If anything, it had settled deeper. Quieter. But heavier. My phone buzzed. The sound made me flinch. Not big. But enough. I looked down. Rhett. I didn’t mean to upset you. Just feels like something’s off. My chest tightened again. Because he wasn’t wrong. Because he saw it anyway. I stared at the me
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