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“This is…” I whispered.

“Big,” Ace finished.

I looked up at him.

“This is everywhere.”

“Yeah.”

My pulse kicked harder.

Because there was no taking this back.

No hiding.

No pretending it didn’t exist.

The truth was out.

For everyone to see.

My phone rang again.

I almost ignored it.

But something made me answer.

“Hello?”

Silence.

Then—

“Tessa?”

My chest tightened instantly.

I knew that voice.

Even after all this time.

“Mom.”

The word felt strange.

Foreign.

There was a shaky breath on the other end.

“I… I saw it,” she said.

Of course she did.

Everyone did.

I didn’t say anything.

Didn’t know what to say.