Not An Invitation
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A corsage from a long-past prom night.
A book passed between friends.
A lost mixtape.
A letter never read.
A love story that ran out of time.
When Daisy's luggage gets lost on her flight home, she doesn't just lose her things. She loses her last chance to make things right. With every stop she makes on her way back to the boy she once loved, old memories resurface: a corsage, a worn-out book, a mixtape filled with unspoken feelings.
A short story inspired by Taylor Swift's Ruin the Friendship from her latest album, The Life of a Showgirl.
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