What do you do when the world you built in secret suddenly crashes down around you? One minute it felt like an escape hatch—bright, dangerous, intoxicating. The next, it’s ash in your hands and silence in your home. You can almost hear the clock ticking louder in those first few hours after it’s discovered. Tick. Tick. Each sound reminds you: nothing will be the same. It’s strange how the thrill that once made your heart pound now makes your stomach twist. And you ask yourself a question […]

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