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“Rebecca, where are you?” Stanley’s voice was urgent, the words coming out faster than usual. “Jeffrey’s had an incident. Can you come to Jelasburg?”

Rebecca blinked, slightly stunned. “What happened to him?”

“He passed out. He’s in the hospital now,” Stanley said, trying to keep his voice steady.

Rebecca’s tense heart eased just a little.

For the past month, nobody had brought up Jeffrey around her, and he hadn’t contacted her either.

The endless grind at work and the dinner parties she always had to wrangle her way through barely left her any breathing room. So when she heard something had happened to him, her heart automatically tightened up before she could even process it.

Maybe she just didn’t want Samuel’s dad to get hurt.

Or maybe those five years had left feelings buried too deep to ever pull out.

“He’s been having a rough time lately,” Stanley said, standing outside the hospital room, watching Jeffrey through the glass. Jeffrey looked gaunt and worn out. “Can you come see him?”

Rebecca paused for a moment. “I’m not a doctor. Me being there won’t help.”

Stanley sounded more urgent. “How can you know that if you haven’t even come by?”

Rebecca didn’t answer.

Stanley kept trying to convince her. “Just come see him, for how he’s treated you these past years. Stay until he wakes up, then you can leave–is that okay?”

“Sorry,” Rebecca said, pushing down all the guilt in her chest. “I’m swamped here–I’ve got too much going on. I’m hanging up now.”

“Rebecca, wait-” Stanley’s voice got lost mid–sentence as she pressed end, leaving nothing but silence on the line.

Rebecca gripped her phone tightly, countless emotions battling inside her heart.

‘Stanley wouldn’t have reached out unless things were truly bad,‘ Rebecca thought. But just like she’d said—she wasn’t a doctor, and her showing up wouldn’t change anything. Maybe it was better if their lives stayed separate from now on.

“Mr. Garcia’s calling again,” Mark reminded her quietly.

Rebecca looked down.

Her phone kept lighting up with Mr. Garcia’s number.

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a while before hanging up, then texted him: [Jeffrey and I have nothing to do with each other anymore. If

he wanted

the wall, his knuckles turning

glancing at Stanley’s

she just turns her back

Jensen way too much before,” Gregory replied, shaking

maybe it’s not about being ruthless–maybe she’s just

she sees Mr. Hanson like this, her heart would melt, she’d feel bad for him,

up with Andrea, no doubt about that, but it’s not like Rebecca’s completely innocent either,” Stanley blurted out, the stress pushing him to speak harsher than he meant. “She was the only one he ever cared for–when things

word, just gave Stanley

to stick together through thick and thin,” Stanley pressed on, his tone rising. “She was

spoke, the more

Rebecca couldn’t exactly wash her hands

you have to know what the problem is,” Gregory said, always the level- headed one. “You know Mr.

let anyone see his wounds, and he would never show them just to

attention.

treat him well because of who he is now–not because of anything he’s been

in that,

this

Hanson more than anyone else. That’s exactly why he saw her as the only one fit to be

of blame too,” Stanley muttered, throwing

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rest,” Gregory suggested. “I’ll stay with Mr. Hanson, and I’ll let you know as soon as

I’m staying right

wouldn’t show up, then at least

to budge, Gregory didn’t argue further. While Jeffrey was still out cold, Gregory shot Rebecca a text: [Ms. Jensen, you really don’t need to worry too much. Mr. Hanson is just

replied back almost right away:

get some

polite as always over the last

out a question: [Why did he pass

spotless, and even busy nights and overtime never

“fainted” just seemed completely out of character

the words almost immediately, and instead

was a tangled mess

fire those off in three seconds flat, but this time she took almost twenty. Talk about

between those two, I’ll eat my damn phone,’

in private; in public, she was always “boss.” “Are you thinking of heading

Rebecca: “No”