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REMEMBER TO LIVE

Clio leaned against the balcony, her legs treainst her rib cage

A motto that Rocco, Christian, Zayed and Stefan lived by She had always laughed at the way they quoted it, at how they used it to conquer the world that had been their playground

Laughed it away so easily because, of course, she had been a shining example of it

Had she been that girl once?

Stefan’s words swept through her with the force of a tsunao that it was alination

That Clio had been full of fire and dreams for the future, determined to take on life on her terms

And yet, here she was today, waiting for thehi, her ti for hi desperately that he still loved her

Letting her life pass by with a sigh, her opinions and her words sed and locked in her throat

How had she become this person? Where the hell was Jackson?

Sick of waiting another er, she made her way into the corridor The e in her chest as she took the staircase to the lower floor

And stilled as a s husky female whisper reached her

A dreadful suspicion gathered ht train Every step felt like one toward her own dooasp filled the air, and the whispers of clothes and limbs punctured the silence

“Jacksonoh, babyI can’t do this anymore, Jackson I love you and I Tell her it’s over, Jackson”

Tears filled Clio’s eyes as she stood there, her breath suspended in her throat, her world falling apart around her Her hands turned into fists by her side, and she shoved one in heritself heard