~THE QUESTION THAT BROKE ME~ AMAYA It was finally the day I would make my first appearance on the internet. For weeks, I had stayed hidden from the world, focused on healing and finding myself again. Now, it was time to stop hiding. Sitting at the vanity, I logged into my main i********: account for the first time since leaving Brown. The moment it loaded, notifications flooded my screen. Messages from Brown. Messages from Maddie. Missed calls. Voice notes. Questions about where I was and why I had disappeared. I ignored all of them. Instead, I went straight to my profile and stared at the pictures that filled it. Looking at them now felt strange. They showed a marriage that never truly existed. Smiles that had been forced. Luxury events attended after arguments. The perfect life every

