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.

from his desk, and

the

Nora’s presence, but

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

the air, he took a sip, his thoughts lingering on

“Maybe

dealing with

Starline, the atmosphere was

at her desk, completely immersed in her

through, and now she was back,

taken on a large project, one that had originally been handled by

complicated piece of work that usually took him nearly

haad managed to

clicked “send” and forwarded the completed work to her colleague Maks, she

trlaced

her all. There was in way to know

the his be ow furrowing as he skimmed

he reached the last page, his eyes widened, las jaw dropping

was

11:

Alter left. Alp

Chapter 49

he stammered, disbelief

leaning over her desk. Do you see any changes that need to be made?” she

through the file again.

expected something rushed, something incomplete, perhaps a

a polished professional piece of work–better than what Drew usually turned

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