The Confession
Adrian's POV He was halfway to her dorm when he remembered. Ethan's voice. The apartment. The beer warm in his hand. I saw the headlines. Serena. Adrian stopped walking. The campus path stretched before him, lampposts casting circles of light on concrete, students passing with their ordinary lives. He had never said her name. He had walked into Ethan's apartment exhausted, fragmented, speaking in half-sentences. I saw the headlines. She's back. With Richard. But he hadn't said Serena . Not at first. He had been too hurt, too scattered. Yet Ethan had named her. Immediately. Without hesitation. Adrian turned around. The apartment door was unlocked. Adrian pushed it open without knocking. Ethan sat on the couch, phone in hand, thumb moving across the screen. He looked up, annoyed —
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