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CHAPTER 11 — Closed Doors Don’t Keep Out the Dark
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2026-02-20 13:00:51Blocking someone is supposed to feel clean. A boundary. A line in ink. A door shut with a firm click.
But the next morning, I woke with the taste of it in my mouth anyway. Metallic and sour, like I’d swallowed a coin and it had lodged in my throat.The house was quiet in that particular way that only happens after crying hard: the air feels rinsed, and you feel wrung out. My eyes were puffy. My head ached. I moved through my kitchen like I was borrowing someone else’s body.<
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