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Befree she could prizes. Masonwaved down a server and ordered a plate of breadsticks and a glass of orange juice.

anching her carefully.

Nora stand fainth. Thanks Hirson. I didn’t mean to worry you

The “be regbed, has rone light but firm. But you should take better care of yourself. Running around all day without eating? That’s not like

at his foot tapping anxiously against the tiled floor of the restaurant

felt like the fifth time, his patience thinning

“Can you piras

th the order? It’s kind of urgent,” he urged, his voice polite but edged with concern.

The server nodded briskly and disappeared into the kitchen.

mason ogbed, rubbing the back of his neck as he cast a glance at Nora, who sat quietly across the table.

pale, her fingers absently tracing the rim of her water glass.

He couldn’t help but feel a gang of guth. “Nora deserves better than this,” he thought, his chest tightening.

patient, and always thoughtful of others, yet it seemed like no one truly valued her–not Arnold, not Arnold’s friends, and certainly not

people who should have been her support system.

Tood will

bere soon.” Harrison said, breaking the silence.

faint somilla. Thanks, Harrison. I didn’t mean to make a fuss.”

to take care of yourself. And if you won’t,

Meanwhile,

Arnold and Alex pulled into the

midnight, the air

of their car engine faded as Arnold cut the ignition. He

long, filled with Linda’s chatter and the ever present buzz of

the villa, Arnold

house was

at this hour, Nora would be up, waiting for them

asking how their

was

his tie and called out, “Nora?” His voice echoed in

Alex asked,

turned to one of the maids. “Have you

home all day, sir. I assumed

an odd unease creeping into his che

the central air

himself than anyone else.

the

sir,” the maid

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Chapter 31

family’s place,” Arnold muttered, dismissing the concern with a wave of his hand. But the

contacted him once through a mindlink,

now felt like a missed warning.

down the

Linda’s race and how amazing she had been

had a way of making everything feel special, even stories

he knocked on her bedroom

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