The Poolside Betrayal That Made An Entire Subdivision Stop

for her in a way that felt, at the time, entirely uncomplicated. She had told her own mother, more than once, that moving to Ridge Hollow had been made bearable almost entirely because of Vanessa, who called her most weeks just to check in, who noticed when Marissa seemed tired, who always, always seemed to know exactly what to say.

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