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The fluorescent lights buzzed overhead, painting the hallway in a sickly glow. You stood paralyzed, the image of his betrayal seared behind your eyes. Before the first tear could fall, a strong arm hooked around your middle, wrenching you backwards into the dim quiet of a side corridor. Sloane was there, her body a solid wall against the world, her dark eyes holding yours with a fierce, knowing intensity. She pulled you close, her breath warm against your cheek. ‘You saw it,’ she whispered, her voice a low, sure thing in the silence. ‘Now let me tell you everything he didn’t.’