Chapter 80. Breathing again
Saturday tasted like freedom for the first time in a week. No rumbling fever, no cough, just weak sunshine and the permission slip Mom finally signed: “Yes, you may go out—jacket, scarf, home by dusk.”
I fired a text to Alice—my default social setting—only to get a swift rain-check GIF of two otters...
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Chapters
1. Chapter 1: The End and the Beginning
2. Chapter 2: Something new
3. Chapter 3: The Match
4. Chapter 4: The Date
5. Chapter 5: Into the unknown
6. Chapter 6: Uncharted territory
7. Chapter 7: Morning Comforts
8. Chapter 8. Facing the Storm
9. Chapter 9. Next up
10. Chapter 10. Curry
11. Chapter 11. Heartbreak
12. Chapter 12. A Gift
13. Chapter 13. Do you really need to?
14. Chapter 14. Overthinking
15. Chapter 15. The move
16. Chapter 16. The guests
17. Chapter 17. Questioning myself
18. Chapter 18. Masochist tendencies?
19. Chapter 19. Mysteries of the Dream
20. Chapter 20. A Destined Reunion
21. Chapter 21. The First Day Blues
22. Chapter 22. Relief
23. Chapter 23. Stay put
24. Chapter 24. Little Miss Special
25. Chapter 25. Yellow Leaves
26. Chapter 26. Biology Project
27. Chapter 27. Like she cares
28. Chapter 28. Should I ask her now?
29. Chapter 29. I just want to see you happy
30. Chapter 30. Encounter
31. Chapter 31. The Invitation
32. Chapter 32. The Party, 1
33. Chapter 33. The Party, 2
34. Chapter 34. The Party, 3
35. Chapter 35. The Party, 4
36. Chapter 36. The Morning After
37. Chapter 37. The One You Kissed
38. Chapter 38. The Plan
39. Chapter 39. The Implementation
40. Chapter 40. The Cracks in Foundation
41. Chapter 41. Labeled
42. Chapter 42. No laughter now
43. Chapter 43. Irene
44. Chapter 44. Scared for her
45. Chapter 45. Found
46. Chapter 46. Saved
47. Chapter 47. Warmth
48. Chapter 48. Careful
49. Chapter 49. Another Distant Memory
50. Chapter 50. Reality
51. Chapter 51. I want no revenge
52. Chapter 52. Secret
53. Chapter 53. Scolded
54. Chapter 54. Irene doesn’t fuck around
55. Chapter 54. Searching for myself
56. Chapter 56. Starting the operation
57. Chapter 57. The weekend night
58. Chapter 58. Smoke in the mirrors
59. Chapter 59. Wanna come over?
60. Chapter 60. The hike
61. Chapter 61. Tangled Roots
62. Chapter 62. Blood and Paper
63. Chapter 63. Under the Microscope
64. Chapter 64. The dissector
65. Chapter 65. I'm closer than you think
66. Chapter 66. The mirror of what could be
67. Chapter 67. Project planning... Right?
68. Chapter 68. Demonstration of power
69. Chapter 69. Not better
70. Chapter 70. Jealous?
71. Chapter 71. Fieldwork temptation
72. Chapter 72. Shatter-Point
73. Chapter 73. Coming out
74. Chapter 74. Lashing out
75. Chapter 75. Quiet
76. Chapter 76. Snow-Sick
77. Chapter 77. Healing
78. Chapter 78. Care-Package delivery
79. Chapter 79. Long awaited reply
80. Chapter 80. Breathing again
81. Chapter 81. Accountability
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