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Chapter 9 (Restless Escape)

Amy’s POV

The broken doorknob still bothered me. How did it snap off with just a simple pull? I kept replaying the moment in my head, and it nagged at me all the way to the restaurant.

I stayed quiet the whole drive, too distracted to make small talk with David. Not that he noticed much, or maybe he did, but he just wanted to leave me alone to my own world, smiling to himself as if nothing could ever go wrong.

When we arrived, I could already feel the familiar sense of discomfort creeping in. This place, the restaurant, the staff, the way people whispered as we walked in, everything reminded me of the status we carried. The Brassfields and the Wesleys were household names in Berkeley City.

Everyone knew we were wealthy, practically royalty around here. It wasn’t a new rumor, but somehow, as I got older, the weight of it all became suffocating. The attention, the expectations, it made my skin crawl.

I could feel the eyes on me. They probably thought I was the luckiest girl in the world
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