Chapter 7 The first abandonment
Adrian POV
The meeting room feels like a courtroom, and I'm both the defendant and the witness for the prosecution.
Coach Rowan's words echo in my head: One more incident, one more lapse in judgment, and you're gone.
I keep my eyes fixed on the conference table, afraid to look up and see the disappo...
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Chapters
1. Chapter 1 The Photos
2. Chapter 2 The storm Breaks
3. Chapter 3 The School turns
4. Chapter 4 The cold shoulder
5. Chapter 5 The silence
6. Chapter 6 The team meeting 
7. Chapter 7 The first abandonment
8. Chapter 8 The Gratitude
9. Chapter 9 Moving out
10. Chapter 10 The Guilt
11. Chapter 11 The Dining Hall
12. Chapter 12 Muscle Memory
13. Chapter 13 The Job Hunt
14. Chapter 14 The Practice
15. Chapter 15 The desperate attempt
16. Chapter 16 The Cruelty
17. Chapter 17 The Gossipmill
18. Chapter 18 The Breaking point approaches
19. Chapter 19 The financial reality
20. Chapter 20 The team bonding
21. Chapter 21 The professor
22. Chapter 22 The invitation
23. Chapter 23 The Library refuge
24. Chapter 24 The Almost Moment
25. Chapter 25 Humiliation
26. Chapter 26 The Cruel Truth
27. Chapter 27 One more thing, Gone
28. Chapter 28 The Guilt Deepens
29. Chapter 29 The Job
30. Chapter 30 The Performance
31. Chapter 31 The Whispers
32. Chapter 32 Almost Isn’t enough
33. Chapter 33 The Breakdown Begins
34. Chapter 34 Ten feet too far
35. Chapter 35 The Grades
36. Chapter 36 Veronica’s Victory Lap
37. Chapter 37 The Incident
38. Chapter 38 More Debts
39. Chapter 39 The Witness
40. Chapter 40 The Suggestion
41. Chapter 41 The Justification
42. Chapter 42 The Opportunist
43. Chapter 43 The Rage
44. Chapter 44 The Proposition
45. Chapter 45 The Close Call
46. Chapter 46 The Escalation
47. Chapter 47 The Spiral
48. Chapter 48 The Window He Chose
49. Chapter 49 The Truth
50. Chapter 50 Rock Bottom
51. Chapter 51 Beginning of My Healing
52. Chapter 52 The First Step
53. Chapter 53 The Witness
54. Chapter 54 The Library Ally
55. Chapter 55 The Suspension
56. Chapter 56 The Rumour Mill Shifts
57. Chapter 57 The Plan
58. Chapter 58 The Thread
59. Chapter 59 The Coffee
60. Chapter 60 The Evidence
61. Chapter 61 The Return
62. Chapter 62 The Confrontation
63. Chapter 63 The Awakening
64. Chapter 64 The Aftermath
65. Chapter 65 Ethan’s Reckoning
66. Chapter 66 The Apology Letter
67. Chapter 67 The Weight
68. Chapter 68 The Job Promotion
69. Chapter 69 My Father
70. Chapter 70 The Encounter
71. Chapter 71 Somewhere Other Than the Wound
72. Chapter 72 The Guilt Transfer
73. Chapter 73 The Party
74. Chapter 74 Not Broken Forever
75. Chapter 75 Jealousy
76. Chapter 76 The Declaration
77. Chapter 77 Finally Mine
78. Chapter 78 The Ripple
79. Chapter 79 The Letter
80. Chapter 80 The Truth Arrived Too Late
81. Chapter 81 The Things We Carry For Her
82. Chapter 82 On My Birthday
83. Chapter 83 Mother
84. Chapter 84 Decision I Made
85. Chapter 85 The Coffee
86. Chapter 86 The Debrief
87. Chapter 87 The Unraveling
88. Chapter 88 Receipts Don’t Heal — The Just Echo
89. Chapter 89 Apologies That Don’t Ask To Be Forgiven
90. Chapter 90 The Family Table
91. Chapter 91 The Thing Forgiveness Is Not
92. Chapter 92 The Real Conversation
93. Chapter 93 Mel’s Advice
94. Chapter 94 A Bookshop, A Hand, and No Pressure
95. Chapter 95 What Maya Gets
96. Chapter 96 The Cost and What Grew From It
97. Chapter 97 What Gets Rebuilt
98. Chapter 98 The Celebration Dinner At His House
99. Chapter 99 The Count And What It Costs
100. Chapter 100 The Life Before The New Life (finale)
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