ZuriThe pond was still, green, and hidden well enough that you could almost forget the rest of campus existed.The boys found it by accident during their first semester, after wandering down a trail that, according to them, didn’t appear on any campus map. When I got admitted, one of the first places they brought me was here.It was peaceful. Beautiful. Tucked away from the noise and chaos of campus.Out here, it was just us.No girls hovering around them. No one stealing their attention. No interruptions.Out here, I felt like I was their whole world again. The only woman they saw. The only one who mattered.Ever since then, we’d come back every Friday, as if it were a standing appointment none of us ever had to mention.I sat on the flat rock near the bank while the boys talked about their parents anniversary.“Mum already called twice this morning,” Ethan said, pulling his shirt over his head. “She wants to know if we’re bringing anyone.”“Tell her no,” Audric said.“Sh
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