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Ari’s POV

Wait…

Someone had to explain to me how you could be with one person one minute and the other, they were…

They were…

Everything was a blur.

The days after the accident felt like they barely existed, passing in a haze of grief, exhaustion, and an unbearable hollowness in my chest.

I barely ate.

I barely slept.

I barely breathed.

I waited for confirmation, but it was true. A body was found. Retrieved. Everything had burned to crisp. But it was true.

It was him.

Cross Margiello.

Deceased.

The news had already spread through the precinct, and even though no one dared to say it out loud, I could feel the looks. The silent whispers. The pity. I hated it. I hated that I had let myself believe, even for a second, that Cross could have made it out alive.

Because he didn’t.

And now, all I had left was this crushing emptiness. And how did I pour it out? Pretending I was fine while I ran into the field screaming and weeping, while I crashed in the bathtub sobbing, while I hated myself in
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