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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.”

fuss,” he repbed firmly. “You have every right to take care of yourself. And if you won’t,

Meanwhile,

and Alex pulled into

the air cool

faded as Arnold cut the ignition. He

evening had been long, filled with Linda’s chatter and the ever present buzz of admiration she attracted.

entered the villa, Arnold frowned slightly.

house was eerily

would be up,

their evening went,

tonight was different.

out, “Nora?” His voice echoed in the

asked, looking

the maids. “Have you seen her?

“Luna hasn’t been home all day, sir. I

creeping into his che “She hasn’t been

the central air system.

himself than anyone else.

sir,” the maid

the

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probably had something to deal with at her family’s place,” Arnold muttered, dismissing the concern with a wave of

his head–Nora had only contacted him once through a mindlink, which

memory now felt like

Alex bounded down

Linda’s race and how amazing she

a way of making everything feel special, even stories about someone like Linda.

out as he knocked on

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