Chapter 2: The Architecture of a Crush

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Silence in Lara's room was a different creature altogether. It wasn't the quiet, polished silence of the downstairs study or the efficient hush of Evelyn's walk-in closet. It was a vibrant, humming silence, thick with the ghosts of a thousand emotions and the physical evidence of a mind that refused to be contained.