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    "Didn’t make any friends during orientation?”

    She laughed- then stopped abruptly because that was actually not a joke. “Um…no. I don’t make friends easily.”

    She waited for him to look at her with pity, or offer false reassurances. He looked mildly contemplative instead. “I think most people’s ‘friends’ are actually just acquaintances, anyway.”

    Mel blinked. “You think so?”

    “It’s important to remember that most people are bullshitting you like…at least sixty percent of the time.”

    Mel wasn’t sure if this extended to him. If it did, would he tell her? Probably not.

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    10 Jun 2026

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    Actually, Mel's excited about a lot of things going into the new school year. She’s excited to co-teach with Dr. Mohan and Mr. Langdon. She’s excited to continue supporting the kids on her caseload from the previous year, and she knows writing their IEPs will go so much better now that she knows them and their families a little. She’s excited that her Physics class will be entirely made up of students she taught in Chemistry the previous year; they were a great group.

    There are things to worry about, too. Co-teaching with two new people again. The daily possibility that she’s going to do something overwhelmingly embarrassing in front of Langdon. Still not knowing where she should go during her prep periods. That she’s going to be just as alone as she’s always been at work, but with some added disappointment because she’s let her hopes get up, just a little.

    There’s no way that she and Langdon can co-teach as well as she hopes. She’s sure her bubble will burst soon enough, that her crush will fade, and everything will settle back to baseline.

    (It doesn't.)

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    08 Jun 2026

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    He allows this moment to be special: Melissa and him, sitting side by side at a bar counter in wonky wooden stools, him playing around with the idea of drawing their chairs closer together, feeling the shift of his leg against hers, watching her face after.

    He knows what he would find. Her cheeks would be pink, and her brows would be drawn and she would not be able to look at him, fully flustered.

    The thought of it, the very thought of the sight of her in such a way makes him hungry.


    Or, Frank has a crush on Mel. He does not think of himself as special.

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    04 Jun 2026

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    The first bets were placed shortly after the wedding ring disappeared from Langdon’s finger one rainy day in August, never to be seen again. Trinity thinks it’s funny, though she isn’t the most invested, until it all ends up coming to a head in a way more awful than any of them could have predicted.

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    03 Jun 2026

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    This is the story of the first week after Becca’s death. And a couple of years after that.

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    30 May 2026