Sat. Jun 13th, 2026

My best friend, Caitlin, had been there the night Steve disappeared.

She’d held me while I cried on my bedroom floor in a pale blue prom dress I never got to wear outside the house. For twenty-one years, I thought she’d helped me survive the worst night of my life.

I never once asked myself why she knew exactly where to stand when it happened.

My name is Rhonda. I’m forty-one, married to Leonard, and mother to Sienna and Lia. Before that reunion, I would’ve told anyone I’d healed.

She’d held me while I cried on my bedroom floor.

The night of the reunion, Leonard was away for work. He called while I stood in front of my mirror, twisting my wedding ring.

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