What did he want? What was he trying to do? During their conversation he’d been furious at Gabrielle. He felt betrayed by her. He felt— No. Not by Gabrielle. By this girl. That was how he kept talking about her. When he mentioned his interactions with her online, he called her Gabrielle. But whenever he talked about her in the flesh, he called her this girl. Almost as if they were separate people. It was that well-known problem of social media—with a perverse twist. When you followed a person online, they always seemed perfect. Their family was the happiest family; their trips were the best
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