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Chapter Fifty-Two: Before He Gets Here

Author: Fame
last update publish date: 2026-06-17 12:18:27

Payton

I played it again.

The third time. Maybe the fourth. I had lost count somewhere between the first listen and now, sitting cross-legged on the hotel bed with my phone in both hands and the volume low enough that only I could hear it.

Renata's voice came through the speaker, soft and slightly slurred, every word landing exactly where I needed it to land.

*It's fake. It's a fake relationship. He needed a girlfriend for something with his father and I needed...*

I pressed pause. Pressed play
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