My boyfriend always made me delete every photo of us I shared online — then one day, I received a note that said, “I think you deserve to know who you’re really dating.”

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Tyler and Avery.

Three months away.

“When was this?”

I stared at the date until the numbers blurred.

Then the third photo came through. Tyler in a suit, smiling beside Avery’s parents like he hadn’t spent years pretending I was the only future he had.

“Kim?” Avery messaged. “Are you still there?”

“Unfortunately.”

“I’m sorry.”

“Don’t apologize yet,” I typed.continue reading …