Miles came over that weekend with two other old friends.

They found Gavin in the living room with a laptop open and the divorce papers beside it.

Miles looked at the documents and shook his head. "You're still taking this seriously?"

Gavin looked up. "Why wouldn't

Paris was beautiful in photographs.

In real life, it was also stairs, uneven pavement, crowded trains, unfamiliar signs, and a leg that began aching long before Audrey wanted it to.

Her first week taught her that independence was not the same thing as ease.

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Audrey's first session with the movement specialist lasted less than forty minutes.

It exhausted her more than some full days at school.

They did not begin with dance. They began with weight shifts.

How much pressure she could place through the injured leg without