Chapter Fifty Four

Third Person POV.

“Didn’t I tell you not to show up in my office, Marlene?” Alison questioned, the irritation in her

tóne evident as she watched Marlene walk into her space like she owned the place.

“And didn’t I respond that you can’t tell me what to do?” Marlene scoffed in response before taking a

seat opposite Alison.

The only reason she had come all the way here was because she wasn’t satisfied with how Alison had

been ignoring her calls in the last few days. She wanted to come and remind Alison who her boss was

since her dear friend seemed to be getting out of line.

Alison rolled her eyes tiredly, deciding that she would just find out why Marlene was here instead of

getting into an argument with her.

“What is it

I want from me, Marlene? I’m pretty sure you not here to see me as a therapist, and

if you are, I’d appreciate it if you learned to make appointments first before showing up out of the

blue,” she said.

Marlene scoffed.

“You’re unbelievable, Alison. Are you really trying to pretend like you don’t know why I’m here? Haver

t you been ignoring my calls for days because you’re afraid that I’d call you out on your

incompetence?” she hissed.

Marlene? I already did everything

do you keep calling me like we’re close friends who need to speak to each other

so I don’t get

mean you’ve done your best, you idiot? If you’re so sure that you did exactly what you were paid

mad?”

until a few weeks ago, I was more than certain that she was still taking

she no longer needed friends and

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into Amber’s life, even going as far as calling her every day and leaving messages to seem like she cared about Amber’s well–being, but no matter what she did, Amber never responded, and she no

her to distrust you despite knowing that she needed to keep trusting you so she

her annoyance evident in

Marlene was getting on her nerves, but she

like

just suddenly lost her mind and started cutting everyone off, claiming she couldn’t trust anyone. It’s not my fault

sanity, especially after her

out?” Marlene countered, “Amber wouldn’t just cut you off without

must have done something or said something to make her

scoffed at Marlene’s skepticism.

to,” she retorted. “I’ve

trusted, just

the entire world is after her,

anymore.”

some hidden agenda lurking beneath her

a sigh, her annoyance morphing into resignation. “I’m not going

done my part by fulfilling my end

Amber’s antidepressants with a different medication, one

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