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In my small apartment, she healed slowly. Each Friday, I brought her flowers—not because she needed them, but because she deserved the reminder that she mattered.
One night, she smiled at me. “You saved me.”
“Not everyone would’ve seen through me,” she said. I squeezed her hand. “You’re a terrible liar,” I said, and for the first time in too long, she laughed like herself.
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