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“I know,” August whispered. “I never apologized for leaving without a word.”

August sat alone in her dark apartment, cheeks wet. But for the first time in five years, she wasn’t haunted. She picked up her phone. Two messages waited—real ones, not VR prompts. “I know,” August whispered

Across the city, Valentina Nappi was putting on lipstick, not out of vanity but ritual. She remembered the first time August kissed her—messy, hungry, behind a DJ booth at a warehouse party. Jaclyn Taylor, meanwhile, sat in her sunlit kitchen, scrolling through old photos. She and August had ended things quietly. No fight. Just distance. Valentina had been the fire; Jaclyn, the harbor. August had loved them both, differently, and lost them both the same way: by never saying what she really needed. She picked up her phone

“I loved you both. I still do. And I’m sorry I made that feel like a betrayal.” She remembered the first time August kissed her—messy,