And then their hands found each other in a subtle yet profound connection.
“Aisha.” His murmur held a weight of realization, an unraveling truth echoing through his consciousness.
“Leon, I’m Millie.” She gently withdrew her hand, a step backwards. “Is sorrow your specter, conjuring phantoms?”
No, hallucinations did not cloud his senses.
In this ephemeral juncture, Leon’s phone resonated with an urgent melody—a call from Claudia.
“Got it.”
concluded the call by ending it. Claudia
cautious retreat, a chasm of ache formed in his
before him, a memory intertwined with his forceful demand for her to exchange Lois. Placing a pen
Such a ludicrous spectacle.
Millie, agony painted across his gaze, her own unease
Angela’s Library
declared, a waiting taxi becoming her escape
from intervening; he merely observed as the car departed. Once the vehicle had faded into the distance, he proceeded to unlatch his car door and enter. One cigarette succeeded another, a series of bitter inhalations punctuating the farcical nature of his
strewn across the ground, the assistant became privy to the relentless smoking, as if each puff were an enactment of his lung’s preordained folly. Igniting yet another cigarette, the interior
grappled with uncertainty. Could Leon’s profound
a state of despondency. After pondering for a while, a decision crystallized: it was time to inform
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