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With no exchange of words, Harlan departed with a stern countenance.

Only he understood that their conversation had shattered his composure.

He hadn’t initially believed the accounts of Mavis and Holden.

However, the servants’ dialogue prompted a change in perspective. He now entertained the notion that Mavis hadn’t betrayed Marcus’ predicament to the gangsters.

In the chilly night’s embrace, Harlan ascended a mountain peak.

Leaning against his car door, he absorbed the piercing cold in silence.

Involuntarily, his thoughts wandered to the anguish Mavis must have endured during her punishment, and he pondered her current whereabouts and circumstances.

he withdrew an

tumbled onto his bed in

beads, reminiscing about the day when Mavis had seated herself upon his somber bed. Raising the edge of her dress,

sealed his eyes shut, conjuring an image of himself securing the anklet

eyes, only the mountain’s peak greeted his

Angela’s Library

he sensed an intangible red anklet enveloping

needed and was on her way to the

my forehead. Is my fever still

determined to go to work on Saturday. Naturally, Marcus opposed, thinking she merely wanted to

was the boss and didn’t work on

rest,” Millie told him, feeling his