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“I love you. And I’m not going anywhere.”

And then she’s gone, and I don’t know how I’m still standing when it feels like my chest is nothing but blood.

Late that night,after I’ve gone over every single file Hayden loaded to the Drive, I call Jason.

Throwing the last of the whiskey in my glass down my throat, I say, “Unleash it.”

“All of it?” he asks. He already knows what I mean.

“Everything we’ve got on Ryan. Every dirty client. Every engineered takedown.”

“And James?”

I grit my teeth.

“Most of it. The career killers. The stuff that’ll fuck him six ways to Sunday. The hypocrisy. The sex club memberships he tried to bury.” The same shit he tried to use against Amelia. Turns out Daddy of the Year has his own file full of filth.

Jason’s silent. Waiting.

“Keep the nuclear shit back. I want him crawling before I crush him. I want him to taste what slow ruin feels like. And some of it, we keep for the day he needs a reminder of who I am.”

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@thetea_gasp

Bestie,breathe right through it. The TL is a mess and so are we. Quick rundown: @ameliasinclair got her Velocity Reign contract back (girl left no crumbs); @sofiaraye? PAID to lie (girl the ick is loud); @jameskensingtion? Softboi turned slimeball – rumors of sex club memberships + unethical everything. MFW I ever thought he was a safe bet. BUT THIS ISN’T ABOUT THEM. This is abouthim. @gageblack Our BSE king. The Main Character of our hearts. And he is not ok rn. The. Collar. Is. Gone. AND SO IS OUR SANITY. Bestie, Gage Black has entered his Sad Zaddy Soft Era and the streets are NOT WELL. It’s giving grief beard. It’s giving sleepless in Manhattan. It’s giving emotional damage in a three-piece suit. And honestly? We’d still risk it. Because that man could stare at us in silence for six seconds and we’d fold like a lawn chair. His rizz? Still undefeated. But the pain? It’s visceral. Rumors say he’s taken a financial hit too butidk bestie, the real loss is spiritual. And us?? We’re crying in the group chat. We’re watching videos like “do you see the way helookedat her?” We’re lighting candles for the collar. We stan a man in ruins. We stan a man whofeels. We stan a man who left his soul on the pavement. #MainCharacterMeltdown #DoItForThePlotAmeliaComeBack #ZaddyInShambles #JusticeForGage

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Amelia

Tim:

Just saw a pic of Gage at an event. Unshaven. Black suit. That wristwatch. MFW I remembered you LET THAT GO.

*sends gif of someone screaming into the void*

Colin:

Are we doing this again? It’s been three months.

Tim:

And??? Jesus was dead three days. Amelia gave up a zaddy with BSE. I am not healed.

Me:

Please seek help.

Tim:

I DID. His name was Gage Black and YOU let him spiral into the sad billionaire multiverse. He’s got BMS, PTSD, and probably three unopened texts from me. He’s giving “owns five sex clubs but sleeps alone” rn. You really watched him whisper, “Princess” and said “nah, I’m good.”

Colin:

Tim.

Tim:

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