Ethan had long since disappeared from my life, though now and then word of him still reached me.People said his company had shut down for good, that he'd let all his employees go.On the last day he sat alone in the empty office through the night, and no one knew what he was thinking.Jack got one final message from him, just three words. "I'm leaving now."When he tried to call back, the phone was already off.This was all secondhand. I never went to confirm any of it, and I didn't want to.Ethan was a chapter of my life I'd already closed. Once you turn the page, there's no need to turn back.After Vivian cut ties with Ethan, her family's business ran into trouble.Her parents got caught up in a financial crimes case. Their assets were frozen, and her house was seized.Someone saw her sitting on the curb on the phone, crying, a mess, with no idea who she was calling. Whoever it was had probably hung up.I didn't pay much attention to any of it.My mother's health is fully back now,
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