After their departure, Millie’s lips tightened.

Was Nancy truly leaving? She suspected that Nancy might not really want to go.

Marcus slid Nancy’s application into his drawer, then tured to Millie, his brow furrowed.

“Wait, you didn’t finish the story. How did you fall into that snow pit?”

Millie waved her hand in dismissal. “It’s nothing, really,” she replied, brushing off his concern. “The pit was hidden, and I stumbled into it. I was lucky to survive.” ©

She resolved to drop the issue with Nancy for now, especially since Nancy was leaving, and she had no proof.

knew Millie was withholding

pieced together a theory based on Nancy’s strange

glass of water and drank, her mouth parched from

thirst, she set down the glass and reclined on the bed, fatigue overtaking her. She needed rest to care for her grandmother as soon as she

had not improved significantly

she slowly opened her heavy eyes to find Marcus sitting by her bedside, clad in a

placing his elbows on his

a rustle from the bed, Marcus tur his

leaving?” Millie asked, eyeing the

come back when

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