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As she moved toward the door, she glanced back several times. Once outside, she huddled into a squat, clutching her knees. What had led to this? Marcus had to be alright. She would give half her life for him, if it meant no more suffering on his part.

Never before had time felt so sluggish for Millie. The room was so well-insulated that she couldn’t hear a thing, yet she knew that Marcus was enduring his own kind of hell-a hell that even a man as resilient as he was couldn’t fend off.

After what seemed to be an eternity, her phone buzzed.

“Come in.”

She sprang to her feet, but her legs buckled. She’d been squatting for too long and her legs had gone numb.

Ignoring the discomfort, she picked herself up and limped toward the hefty door, pulling it open.

The room felt like the aftermath of a battle, heavy with melancholy.

and found Marcus, standing alone, gazing out of a

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was subdued, casting Marcus in a muted

appeared resolute

“Darling, are you alright?”

him and nestled into his arms. Looking up, her

brief span, he looked so drained of life. Feeling sorry for him, Millie delicately wiped the

down, his fingers caressing her silky

alright. There’s no need

her with renewed

of the glass

forehead, concerned that the glass