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Chapter 28: Fractured Control

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GAVIN

I chose Riverbend Park on purpose, knowing fully well what that place meant to her. I remembered that day three years ago; it was so clear, as if it had happened just yesterday, even though I looked her in the eyes earlier and lied straight to her face.

It was two years after I lost Evelyn—two years of waking up every morning feeling nothing but complete emptiness. And then Melanie had shown up in my life like a burst of color in a world that had turned gray.

That day, after another bruta
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