"No way." "You know what you did, so let's not drag it out any further. Just keep it from affecting work, okay?" Felix could tell Nathan was on edge, but having always regarded Nathan as the straight-arrow type, a guy muddled by life but honest to a fault, it never crossed his mind that this straight-arrow would ever step out of line in such a tic fashion.

Their bond spanned years, weathered by shared hardships from the ttheir parents met with misfortune, right up to the present. Nathan was Felix's closest ally, and his best bud, even though the high-and-mighty folks in Felix's current social circles looked down on Nathan's humble family background.

But Felix couldn't care less about that snobbery. He knew that with a little boost from him, Nathan could shoot straight to the top.

Back in his office, Felix subconsciously checked his phone once again.

There were texts from business partners, a couple of alerts from the bank, and, of course, messages from Listina.

Carol's thread was always on top, yet it was eerily silent.

The last message still sat there unanswered from last night, like a stone dropped into the abyss.

a certain feeling, which was hard to describe - as if his heart was being constricted by a thin wire, and it was tight and painful in a subtle and persistent

clocking out at seven sharp, he couldn't resist and dialed Carol's

didn't pick up. She had genuinely forgotten

a peculiar destination - the

why she was drawn there. She, like Maja, had tried to visit her

had firmly refused

were brief, she still sensed a kindred spirit in

her, they

Zoey was alone in prison,

also locked up there. On a whim, she drove to the prison

a nondescript luxury car not

one to memorize license plates, so she had no idea who it belonged to, but in Greenfield, such limited edition cars were reserved for the elite. Content belongs to ŚwThe car window was cracked open just a bit, revealing

cigarette ashes outside. The hand was slender, pale, and

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