“If the mirror ever breaks, let the pieces speak for us. Our love will live in the shards.”

Yasmina had inherited the house from her grandmother, a woman who believed that mirrors held the souls of the people who stared into them. She never believed in superstitions, but the cracked mirror made her pause every time she passed.

“Bud’s coming over,” he announced, referring to the old Labrador who roamed the neighborhood like a retired detective. “He always finds the best spots for a nap.”

Brady, Yasmina’s younger brother, burst in with a skateboard tucked under his arm, his hair damp from the storm. “You guys won’t believe what I found in the basement,” he shouted, eyes sparkling. “A box of old vinyl records and a diary from 1972.”

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