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.

Millie was withholding the

pieced together a theory based on Nancy’s strange behavior, but he couldn’t act against

for a glass of water and

down the glass and reclined on the bed, fatigue overtaking her. She needed rest to

not improved significantly despite

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

leaning forward, placing his elbows

rustle from the bed, Marcus tur his

leaving?” Millie asked, eyeing the

can come back when you feel better,” he

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