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The divorce dragged on. Lily refused to settle, making it a messy, public spectacle. Then it all went quiet. No one knew how it ended.
A year later, at my engagement party, the Stones were there. Ethan had a new fiancée, the daughter of a well–known bakery chain
owner. A suitable match. Everyone
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making it a messy, public spectacle. Then it all
went quiet. No one knew how it ended.
A year later, at my engagement party, the
Stones were there. Ethan had a new fiancée,
the daughter of a well–known bakery chain
owner. A suitable match. Everyone
congratulated him, chatting comfortably. No awkward moments, no embarrassing relatives.
No one mentioned Lily. She vanished from our circle as if she’d never existed.
It was all elegance and champagne flutes. As I watched the guests dancing in the garden, Alex, my fiancé, put his hand on my shoulder. “What are you thinking about?”
I smiled. “Nothing at all.”
