klyn Bridge. The interior of the car was pitch

put as much physical distance between herself and Jevon as possib

nuckles were bone white. Zane's stupid question and Bri

kes a little too hard. He turned his head

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gossip. "Yes. If someone projects their own fantasy onto you f

ned back to the windshield. When the light turned green, he slammed his foot o

wn apartment building in Brooklyn. He didn't pu

dered, his voice de

door open, and stepped out into the freezing night. Before she could even close the d

hter around herself. She hurried up the

y. She collapsed onto her narrow bed, pulling the thin blanket up t

Instagram. She typed "Jevon

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a purple ring appeared around his prof

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er was a crude, childish drawing done in crayons. It showed a little boy cry

, written in small, stark w

na

ldish scribbles to the drawing she had made for Jerimy in the basement ten ye

. The blood rushe

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cha had

von's violent reaction to her calling it a burden. He wasn't hiding a crush. He was hid

ngled up in a messy, high-stakes billionaire family drama. She wa

e dots in the top right corner of the screen.

ck

e bed and pulled the covers over her he

ared at his phone screen. He had posted the drawing in a moment

een flashed a gr

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phone cracked under the br