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ly mentioned having a headache, h
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that, he tu
in front of your face, I lost my footing and fell mo
love hacked into my social media account, posting fake vacation updates
pushed my mother to the ground for his first
ire family without ever sho
gement ring and the cold morgue photo onto the interrogat
ays arrogant, broke down a
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one on a steep, undeveloped canyon cliff because his first
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world is plunged into darkne
this better t
ement ring on my finger, he held me ti
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be afraid of t
y open and honest, and I b
weeks ago when his first love, B
without looking back in order to p
tayed by his side, comforted him,
at he would never care
ped back into the city, Evan
ng a sunset hike, choosing the remote and rugged "Deadly Ridge" as the rout
Carla Lane, who is also my
n called
't wan
hose treacherous trails at d
his hand impatiently
so antisocial?" he yelled at
us. Don't you have hiking poles? A
eyes and grabb
t? You're acting like you can't take care of you
no choice but to swallow
ountain, the orange-red sunset on the ho
nd rock path less than a meter wide, wit
heart pounded faster and fa
of the path beneath my feet gradually
stopped and cov
o Evan's arms and beg
ts so much..." Bia
h, I feel so dizzy... I
instantly, his eye
und Bianca's waist and hel
van's voice was incredibly gentle, a
wn the mountain an
, let's go back to t
anic grippe
ed out and grabbed
me," I pleaded, my voice
. In ten minutes, it will be pitch black,
g his arm and roughl
easonable!" Evan's voic
ry of severe migraines. I need to take her down
Tears welled up in my eye
kpack, as long as I
l," Kara interrupted me coldl
ffer more! You sit on that big rock and wait a while. Once Bi
ded indi
'll be back in forty
, the three of them turned and
on that narrow,
t rays of sunlight disappeared co
a shadow, but rather like a heavy, thick
etely swallowed up th
e the rock
the sheer cl
e the hiking bo
through the canyon, easily tea
nds firmly against the cold, rough gravel, terrified that t
nutes hav
r has
rs have
our or five degrees Celsius, a
n huddled in the pile of rubble for a long time, a
my pocket, displaying
tiff fingers, I p
ion blur even more, but I still pres
our times before
ey?" Evan's voice was
e crisp sound of glasses clinki
soft laughter and Kara
rking lot at the foot
in the r
into the microphone, my
, I can't see anything... I'm freezin
stic voice came from the
e victim and acting weak? Tell her w
ckled in
, take a ride-hailing service u
n the other end of the phon
t you made enou
king a scene!" I
u know I have night blindness! I'm stuck
Evan snapped, his t
e night blindness as an excuse to cont
't pret
dult," Evan
e're having dinner at the resort. If you want to eat, come down yoursel
ase! My phone only has fo
" The ca
instantly, and the pho
the empty canyon inst
gonizing pain spread ra
coming ba
ere, leaving me t
ore fierce, rustling the wit
on such an extremely cold night, I
save
to crawl forward with diffic
the sharp pebbles, trying to pinpo
tones, bleeding profusely, wi
d three steps, e
in, searching for solid ground,
his knees collapsed wit
enly tilted
protruding rock, but my fingertips only fu
of gravity pulled m
ss, my body crashing heavily aga
instantly, producing a crisp
han 20 meters high, I crashed hard onto the dry
t blew all the ai
he top of his head, pooling into
t move
't br
came from above the canyon, echo
dence Day firework
ald green streaks of light pierce the night sky, their fa
eyes, I gazed up at that
my youth to loving Evan
for his betrayal
t, weak twitch before
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