Chapter 17 When It Breaks

POV: Valeria Cruz

It starts with the door.

Not loud.

Just—

wrong.

I’m in the kitchen, packing lunches I know we’re not going to eat, trying to keep everything moving like it always does.

Routine.

Structure.

Control.

Rafe is behind me, helping Mateo find his shoes, Sofia arguing about wh...

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