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.

more do you want from me, Marlene? I already did everything you asked

like we’re close friends who need to speak to each

best, so I don’t get why you’ve refused to

done your best, you idiot? If you’re so sure that you did exactly what you were paid for, then why

her mad?” Marlene

what I did. Up until a few weeks ago, I was more than certain that she was still taking those drugs

the stupid bitch decided she no longer needed

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messages to seem like she cared about Amber’s well–being, but no matter what she did, Amber never responded, and she no longer had direct access to her

were actually stupid enough to get her to distrust you despite knowing that she needed to keep trusting you so she never finds

annoyance evident in her voice as she

was getting on her nerves, but she

harassed like this.

with exasperation. “She just suddenly lost her mind and started cutting everyone

to the unraveling of Amber’s sanity, especially after her marriage to Kayden,

Marlene countered, “Amber wouldn’t just

have done something or said something to

frustration deepened, and she furiously scoffed at Marlene’s skepticism. “I’ve done nothing

to,” she retorted. “I’ve tried everything I

can be trusted, just so she just stops being doubtful.

after her,

anymore.”

her arms, her expression hardening. She wasn’t convinced by Alison’s words, sensing some hidden agenda lurking beneath her seemingly innocent facade. “So, what now? What

annoyance morphing into resignation. “I’m not going to do anything.”

my part by fulfilling my end

antidepressants with a different medication, one that will

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