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Chapter 49

Arnold sat at his desk, staring at the flickering screen of his computer.

The office was quiet, save for the occasional shuffle of papers and the soft bums of air conditioning.

His fingers drummed absentmindedly on the edge of his mug as he reflected on what had happened a week ago.

Nora had walked into his office, her face flushed with frustration.

She had been struggling with her workload, feeling overwhelmed, and Arnold, in a moment of impatience, had suggested that maybe she should just quat if she couldn’t handle the pressure.

At the time, it seemed like the right thing to say.

It was supposed to be a push, a way of motivating her.

But now, with the silence in the office, he couldn’t help but wonder if he’d pushed too far,

He hadn’t heard from Nora since then.

A week had

d passed, and while Arnold had assumed she would return to work by now, there had been no sign of her.

He’d almost convinced himself that it was just a temporary tantrum, a flare up of emotions that would settle in due time.

But deep down, he wasn’t entirely sure.

The thought that she might not come back gnawed at him.

It wasn’t that he didn’t want her to leave–it was more that he hadn’t really expected her to go.

his desk,

at the clock–it

without Nora’s presence, but he had work to

shelf. filled it with warm water, and poured a small amount of moonwort

took a sip, his thoughts

“Maybe

taking her time,” he thought. “She’s probably dealing with things on her own.

in Studio Starline, the atmosphere was differenti

diligently at her desk, completely immersed in her

her the space she needed to think things through, and now she

had taken on a large project, one that

was a complicated piece of work that usually

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colleague Maks, she

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last page, his eyes

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leaning over her desk. Do you see any changes that need to

blinked, quickly scrolling through the file again.

something incomplete, perhaps a mistake here

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