Chapter 36 I Hope You're Not Lost

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• I take my time walking through the halls, my eyes moving across everything around me, the high ceilings, the clean floors, the way everything is arranged. I still find it hard to believe that I managed to find myself in a place like this. It still feels far from the life I was living just days ago, and I find myself wondering how I ended up here, how I went from planning a future with Tyler to walking through a mansion owned by a man who leads a life I barely understand.
• My thoughts drift back to the engagement party without warning, the memory coming in pieces as I walk, the faces, the laughter, the way everything felt normal until it did not, and I can still picture the moment everything shifted, the whispers, the looks, the way people I had known for years turned on me without hesitation, choosing his version of the story without even asking for mine, and I wonder now if any of them have even thought about me since then, if anyone questioned what really happened or if they all just moved on as if I never existed.