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Long after sunrise, Veronica laid on her bed staring out of her window. Her eyes were swollen and there was no strength left in her body.

She'd been crying all the way from Mercer back to Sterling, all through the night. Daphne's apologies had thrown her off guard. It was so unexpected—as unexpected as hearing her name from her lips.

She'd freaked out. Till now, there was no way to explain the way