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    This wasn’t how it was supposed to go. He’d planned it all out, hadn’t he? Practiced in front of the cracked mirror in his new single bedroom apartment. Forced his unused voice past straining vocal cords. Again, again. Until he could seem like a passable version of his former confident, if not snarky, self.

    This pathetic, shaking man clutching the cold seat of a toilet in the PTMC staff bathroom had never met that person.

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    Or: I put all the angst tropes in a blender, smash Langdon into a wall, and force feed him the smoothie.

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    28 Jun 2026

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    (Rio discovers Beth faked the pregnancy and forces her to actually get pregnant by threatening to kill her if she refuses.)

    Beth Boland thought she understood survival ,until one desperate lie changed everything.

    Cornered by Rio, the man who once held a gun to her head, she said the first thing that could save her life: “I’m pregnant.”

    Rio ; a man built from cold steel and quiet rage believes her.

    When he learns Beth faked the pregnancy and the miscarriage, his heartbreak curdles into fury.

    He confronts her not just with violence, but with the one thing she can’t outrun: her own guilt.

    What began as a lie for survival becomes a debt she can never repay.

    Rio spares her life , but not her freedom. His mercy comes with a price.

    Now, Beth faces an impossible ultimatum: give him the life she lied about... or lose her own.

    As their worlds spiral into a dangerous dance of power, guilt, and unspoken desire, the line between punishment and possession blurs.

    Every moment together burns with the question neither dares to voice:

    Is this retribution... or something darker binding them both?

    One lie bought her time.

    Now it’s demanding to be born.

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    28 Jun 2026

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    Langdon, out of excuses, out of control, and running out of ways to avoid both.

     

    Please read Particularly Crappy Organ Syndrome to understand

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    28 Jun 2026

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    Have you been to the National Aviary, Ogilvie had asked.

    Dennis said no.

    I’ve been wanting to visit, Ogilvie said. Would you like to come with me?

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    31 May 2026

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    “Soooo why did you and The Shark arrive at work together today? I thought you were at Amy's…”
    Trinity’s curious question isn't unexpected, especially given the need to distract herself. Still Dennis feels a shiver run down his spine hearing that mischievous tone and he immediately scolds her with a serious look.

    “Trin no, I know what you're imagining and it's nothing like that. He just came to the farm to buy some vegetables and he offered me a ride since we were both called. That's it.”
    He explains briefly, not even him believing the words he just said with a vague tone.

    Trinity looks at him with a dead face that makes it obvious she also does not believe him at all.

    “You know that you're as red as a tomato, right? Spill, I need some distraction.”

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