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.

me, Marlene? I already

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

done my best, so I don’t get why you’ve refused to leave me alone!”

exactly what you were

mad?” Marlene questioned.

her medication, Marlene, and that’s exactly what I did. Up until a few weeks ago, I

decided she no longer needed friends and cut me off,” Alison

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tried all she could 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 Amber’s well–being, but no matter what she did,

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

out a frustrated sigh, her annoyance evident in her voice as she addressed

exactly surprised that Marlene was getting on her nerves, but she

harassed like this.

“She just suddenly lost her mind and started cutting everyone off, claiming she couldn’t trust anyone. It’s not my fault the girl is crazy.”

after her marriage to Kayden,

Marlene countered, “Amber wouldn’t just cut you

something to make her want to cut you

and she furiously scoffed

for her like I was supposed to,” she

can be trusted, just so

thinks the entire world is after her, and I can’t seem to

anymore.”

agenda lurking beneath her

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

with defeat. “I’ve done my part by fulfilling my end of

Amber’s antidepressants with a different medication, one

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