The Cost of Silence
The terrace air was thin, smelling of expensive cologne and the metallic tang of the city’s impending rain. Julian stood by the balustrade, his silhouette a sharp, unforgiving line against the glittering backdrop of the Thorne Hotel’s ballroom. The gala music—a rhythmic, pulsing jazz—seemed to mock the silence between them.
"The relative’s child," Julia
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