Five Days Too Long

~DONOVAN’S POV~

PLAYLIST SUGGESTION: “Do you better - slowed + Reverb” by Rohan.

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The wheels of the plane had barely touched the tarmac before I was reaching for my phone, scrolling through the messages I had forced myself not to check during the five-hour flight from London.

Three missed calls from Dominic. Two texts from Beatrice. Nothing from Valerie.

The absence of her nam