Chapter 7
The Art of the Unspoken History
After the tense confrontation with Leo, Michelle steers Ashley to Maya's café for a debrief. Through playful banter and Maya's practical interruptions, Michelle is pushed to reveal a secret from her own past—a period when she, too, wrestled with the same existential dread Ashley now faces.
Michelle guided Ashley out of the café with the kind of efficiency that came from years of extracting friends from awkward situations. She didn't speak until they were three blocks away, and even then all she said was, "That was a lot."
Ashley laughed—a short, surprised sound. "That's one way to put it."
"Lucky for you, I know the perfect place for decompression."
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