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Part - II - C5 - Seven stages of Grief
WE SHOULD(N’T) TALK MORE... After my dinner debacle I wasn’t in any mood to go out. I didn’t even tell Hoseok I and Mr. Min went out to...

jazz
Feb 11, 202430 min read
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Epilogue - Soul-ed MATE
The Blue Diamond is a historical hotel from the 1800s offering twenty luxury suites and a Michelin-star chef. It’s also the only place...

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Jan 19, 20246 min read
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C54 - Soul-ed MATE
Instead, he disappears into the bathroom. Protection, maybe. The water turns on, a thunder that I haven’t heard in the weeks since I’ve...

jazz
Jan 19, 202413 min read
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C53 - Soul-ed MATE
Time passes in a blur of black boots and hushed words. Apparently Baek Security is full service, because the boss himself arrives to...

jazz
Jan 18, 202412 min read
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C52 - Soul-ed MATE
“It was you, all along.” “I don’t know why anyone didn’t realize. When they found the equipment in the walls, I was sure they’d guess....

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Jan 16, 20249 min read
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C51 - Soul-ed Mate
I expect to find a man being pushed to the edge of his limits. And I do find that. But not the way I thought. There’s a row of abandoned...

jazz
Jan 12, 20247 min read
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C49 - Soul-ed MATE
When I emerge onto the balcony, I find Yoongi already there. Instead of looking out over the expansive lawns and hedge maze, he gazes...

jazz
Jan 6, 202412 min read
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C28 - Soul-ed Mate
The next morning I visit my father, and the nurse gives me a genuine smile. “He’s been awake on and off. I imagine you’ll be able to talk...

jazz
Nov 17, 20237 min read
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C27 - Soul-ed Mate
I wake up to mid-afternoon light and the soft hint of music. Hoseok sits at the table with a textbook and a latte, earphones plugged in....

jazz
Nov 17, 202310 min read
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C26 - Soul-ed Mate
“I don’t understand why you carried me. I can walk.” Yoongi sits me down on the edge of the bed, his careful movement at odds with the...

jazz
Nov 17, 20236 min read
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C25 - Soul-ed MATE
The motel room is empty. Hoseok’s Louis Vuitton steamer bag is still on the floor, overflowing with a sparkle dress and unicorn socks....

jazz
Nov 17, 20238 min read
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C24 - Soul-ed MATE
I knew where my mother was going based on the jewels she wore. Pearls for charity luncheons. Diamonds for society balls. That night she...

jazz
Nov 16, 202312 min read
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C23 - Soul-ed MATE
“Yoongi?” The world comes into focus, and I realize it’s Hoseok’s legs pinning me down. And I said Yoongi’s name. Out loud. How...

jazz
Nov 16, 202313 min read
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C21 - Soul-ed MATE
He releases my wrist only to run a finger along my cheek. “So young. You look so young like this.” “It’s the makeup,” I say with...

jazz
Nov 16, 202311 min read
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C20 - Soul-ed MATE
In Greek mythology, Helen of Troy was the most beautiful woman in the world. There are countless depictions of her in medieval and...

jazz
Nov 16, 202312 min read
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C19 - Soul-ed MATE
“It was not the thorn bending to the honeysuckles, but the honeysuckles embracing the thorn.” – Emily Brontë, Wuthering Heights At one in...

jazz
Nov 15, 202311 min read
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