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.

want from me, Marlene? I

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

that I’ve done my best, so I don’t get why you’ve refused

If you’re so sure that you did exactly what you were paid for, then why is Amber still normal? Shouldn’t she be crazy by now? Didn’t I pay you to

her mad?” Marlene

that’s exactly what I did. Up until a few weeks ago, I was

her since the stupid bitch decided she no longer needed friends and cut me off,” Alison

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to get back into Amber’s life, even going as far as calling her every day and leaving messages to seem like she cared about

can’t believe you were actually stupid enough to get her to distrust you despite knowing that she needed to keep trusting you so she never finds out that you’ve

evident

nerves, but she hated the fact that she

harassed like this.

to break Amber’s trust,” she insisted, her eyes filled with exasperation. “She just suddenly lost her

sanity, especially after her marriage to Kayden, but she couldn’t bring herself to trust Alison’s words entirely. “Are you

not leaving something out?” Marlene countered, “Amber wouldn’t just

said something to make her want to cut you

frustration deepened, and she furiously scoffed at Marlene’s skepticism.

be there for her like I was supposed to,” she retorted. “I’ve tried everything I possibly can

I can be trusted, just so she just stops

is after

anymore.”

hidden agenda lurking beneath her seemingly innocent facade. “So, what now? What are you planning to do?” Marlene

let out a sigh, her annoyance morphing into resignation. “I’m

“I’ve done my part by

with a different medication, one that

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