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 already did everything you asked of me, so

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

done my best, so I

idiot? If you’re so sure that you did exactly what you were paid for, then why is Amber still normal?

her mad?” Marlene

ago, I was more than certain that she was still

decided she no longer needed friends and

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to seem like she cared about Amber’s well–being, but no matter what she did, Amber never

knowing that she

sigh, her annoyance evident in her

was getting on her nerves, but she hated the fact that she

like this.

her eyes filled with exasperation. “She just suddenly lost her

an eyebrow. She had been witness to the unraveling of Amber’s sanity, especially after her

you’re not leaving something out?” Marlene countered, “Amber wouldn’t just cut you off

to make her want to

she furiously scoffed at

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

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

believe anyone. She thinks the entire world is after her,

anymore.”

Alison’s words, sensing some hidden agenda lurking beneath her seemingly innocent facade. “So, what now?

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

her voice tinged with defeat. “I’ve done my part by fulfilling my

different medication, one that

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