046. third time's the charm

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CHAPTER FORTY SIX[ real life ]❛ third time's the charm ❜

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CHAPTER FORTY SIX
[ real life ]
❛ third time's the charm ❜

CHAPTER FORTY SIX[ real life ]❛ third time's the charm ❜

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Her front door slammed

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Her front door slammed.

Footsteps.

Fast.

Familiar.

The door didn't just open, it burst.

"There you are–oh god, what the hell is this?" Lily stopped dead in the doorway.

Behind her, Alexandra didn't.

"What?" She snapped, already stepping past her, and then she saw it too.

The room.

The stale, unmoving air. The curtains dragged half open but doing nothing, light cutting through dust like something abandoned. Clothes everywhere—on the floor, the chair, half-hanging out of drawers like they'd given up. The faint smell of something forgotten. Water bottles. Plates. Silence.

And in the middle of it, Marnie.

A mess within a mess.

Curled into herself, hoodie swallowing her whole frame, hair tangled into something that had once been a bun but had long since collapsed. Her bare legs tucked up under her.

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