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.

Marcus, standing alone,

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subdued, casting

appeared resolute yet

“Darling, are you alright?”

and nestled into his arms.

life. Feeling sorry for him, Millie delicately wiped the sweat from

fingers caressing

need to worry about

her

the glass

that the glass he’d flung might

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