Chapter: CHAPTER THIRTY-TWO—SARAH IS BACK.Faith had not given Warren an answer today. She came back on her own; she doesn't have any answers to give him, despite the tears. She left him. And if on Monday things had gone back to the way they were, Sarah would be back to the company. The office is quiet; some of the staff are just arriving at the company. Some were already busy with their work, and some were distributing files from one desk to another; the company was busy because it was Monday. Except for Sarah, two weeks ago our desk was empty, but now she was sitting there. Though nobody asked about her, they never asked how she was doing or how her parents were doing. Because they don't know who to ask, they don't have her contact info. Faith arrived at the company, stopped what they were doing and stood up to welcome her. She entered her office, to be found. At 8:50 her down opened.She did not look up from what she was doing; the footsteps were slow and steady.Sarah stood at the entrance of her office.The com
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Chapter: CHAPTER THIRTY-ONE – THE ROOM OF PHOTO.The lock licked.It opened ,but warren did not let go of the handle.He was opening it slowly,he stood outside.Faith entered first, the room was not big and the light were turned off.Faith used her phone light to look for the socket she turned the lights on warren was still outside.Every part of the room was covered,from the wall to the ceiling to part of the chairs and tables.Photos, hundred of them.She stepped towards them slowly,from one to the next her hands were on the wall.Faith at fifteen in her school uniform.Faith standing in the cafe smiling Faith on her graduation gown.Faith pictures she took alone.Faith steeping into sartini industries for the first time Faith at the board room.Faith confronting her uncle.Faith in the Charity galaFaith when she took the mic to announce who are groom is.Faith standing at her office.Faith crying.The picture was many.Every moment, every season every version of her it was captured it was documented and preserve.It was like h
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Chapter: CHAPTER THIRTY _ THE ISLAND.It had been up to a month now, and Faith did not arrest her uncle because she knows who it is and how to deal with him gradually; Lydia had already recovered.It was Wednesday morning. Faith was at home because she decided to rest today after the hectic weeks.She lay on her bed. A know came."Miss, there is a delivery for you." Faith stood up and went to the door; she opened it. The person who was standing there was one of their old house helpers.“Miss, I was asked to give this to you." Faith collected it and shut the door as she walked back to the bed.Faith opened the package; it was a ball gown and a shoe with an invitation on top."Wednesday by 5pm Sutter private airship dressed comfortably."Faith smiled as she stared at the invitation."He should have just texted," she thought.She picked up her phone and texted him. "I'm not going."She wants to tease him so she will know how he will react.Her phone began to ring; she knew it was Warren. She did not pick up.It rang up to
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Chapter: CHAPTER TWENTY-NINE – I CAME BACK FOR YOU LYDIA.By midnight it was everywhere, it had gone viral.No source, no name, just the post.This raises voice, the broken glass, the shattered vase and all.How Cassius walked out, he didn't feel even one atom of remorse.How Lydia hands were on her cheeks with no tears.The comments wrote themselves." HOW COULD HE?”" SHE IS SICK , AND HE DARE TO DO THAT TO HER”" WHAT KIND OF MAN IS HE?”" I BLAME HER FOR FALLING FOR SOME WHO DOESN'T HAVE HEART”" WHAT IF SHE HAD COLLAPSE WHEN HE DID THAT?”By 1am Cassius Devon was already trending.Lydia lay on her bed ,her Head facing the ceiling..Her phone continued to beep but she did not care at all.Victoria was sitting in her apartment and she watched as they cursed Cassius online, she sip her coffee.She scrolled through the comments.Every outrage comment.Every reshare post.Even calling Cassius what he is, why he would never find peace .She set down her phone, looked at the window,and remembered seven -year- old Lydia.Crying until there were
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Chapter: CHAPTER TWENTY-EIGHT – LYDIA MELTDOWN.Cassius was still sitting alone in the hospital where he was thinking about his life when his phone buzzed.“Meet me at Sharon guest house,if you want to know why Lydia is sick" It was Victoria text, Cassius stared at it for some moments “what is Victoria up to now" he asked himself.He stood up and told himself that it's just business, nothing more.And Victoria knows a way to make someone desperate, even if Lydia is her sister, instead of helping her sis she is always helping, and which nobody has any reason for doing that.And Cassius did not know what Victoria is up to but he finds himself going to her whenever she wants him to show.He arrived at the venue, Victoria was already sitting across the table.She sips from her coffee.She removed her sunglasses as Cassius sat across her seat." You look tired,” she said to him."I'm fine," Cassius said.“How is Lydia?" “Don't you know where she is staying,since when she is in the hospital, you have never visited her”" You don't have
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Chapter: CHAPTER TWENTY-SEVEN - SARAH CONFESSION.Faith could not sleep, her mind was on how Sarah was treated in the station.She arrived at the company at 7am. Her lawyer already arranged everything about Sarah.Faith picked up the file, she looked at Sarah sitting, no one was there she smiled.She opened the first file - Sarah Mensah, twenty six years old, schooled at one of the top colleges in California, before relocating to the city.Page two includes how she worked - after looking for work for several people,they always decline even with how good her grades are.If a rich man buys her spot or they insult for being too poor,but even with that she still focuses on her education..Then when she found a job at the night club,to serve customers, she had no other choice than to do it,or they wouldn't survive in the city.Then how Marcus approached her on one faithful night, he did not approach her randomly it was deliberate.He had been watching her for weeks,how hard she had been working,how her boss scolded her ,how she was desper
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Chapter: CHAPTER 29 — DAISY'S OWN NIGHTMAREDaisy showed up at the suburb house uninvited but never unwelcome, dropping onto Sera's bed with the particular heaviness of someone who hadn't slept properly in days."Please tell me you have snacks," she said. "I will accept literally anything at this point.”"There are crackers downstairs.”"Bless you.”She didn't get up right away, though, just lay there staring at the ceiling, one arm flung over her eyes, and Sera recognized the posture immediately—the stillness underneath the joke."You okay?” Sera asked."Fine, just final stress.”"Daisy""I said I'm fine.”After a moment Daisy dropped her arm from her eyes and sighed."Okay, fine, I've been having these dreams," she said."What kind of dreams?”"Stupid ones probably have brains doing finals things.”"Daisy""The city's on fire," she said finally, quieter now. "Not like a normal fire. Everything—buildings, streets, Everything I'm running, and I can't see what I'm running from. I just know I have to keep going orShe stopped."O
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Chapter: CHAPTER 28 — A PROFESSOR'S INTERESTThe second time it happened, Sera almost convinced herself it was nothing.Crowe posed another hypothetical two lectures later, something about resource allocation during infrastructure failure dressed up as an economics tie-in for the course, and she felt his eyes settle on her before she'd even raised her hand.She kept her answer deliberately vague this time, short, generic textbook phrasing, nothing like the precision that had slipped out of her before.He nodded when she finished, the same pleasant, unreadable nod he gave every student.But he watched her a beat longer than he watched anyone else."Interesting," he said, "though I'd have expected more from you, Miss Ashford, given your last answer.”A few students glanced her way curious and she forced a small shrug "guess I'm off my game today""Mm," he said, already moving on to the next hand.She told herself it meant nothing"Pixy,” she thought later, walking back across campus, "am I being paranoid?”[Insufficient data to de
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Chapter: CHAPTER 27 — PROFESSOR CROWE'S CLASSROOMThe lecture hall buzzed with the usual pre-class noise: laptops opening, papers shuffling, and someone two rows back complaining about the reading load. Sera slid into her usual seat near the middle notebook, open more out of habit than any real intention to take notes.Professor Crowe swept in the way he always did, unhurried, commanding without ever seeming to try for it, silver-haired and sharp-eyed, the kind of professor students genuinely liked instead of merely tolerated."Settle in, everyone," he said, setting his materials down at the front. "Today we're doing something a little different.”A ripple of interest moved through the room, laptops closing partway, students sitting up straighter."I want to run a thought experiment," he continued, "purely hypothetical, of course.”He clicked through to a slide showing a simple diagram of a virus, a spreading infection curve, nothing dramatic, just clean academic lines."Suppose," he said, "a viral mutation emerged. Highly transmissi
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Chapter: CHAPTER 26 — HER PARENTS' DOUBTSThe kitchen light was on when Sera got home later than she meant to be; her parents were both still awake at the table, which never happened this late, not unless something was wrong.She noticed the first two mugs untouched, steam long gone, the way people leave drinks to go cold when they're waiting on something more important than tea."You're up late," she said, trying to keep her voice light."So are you," her father said, not looking up from the folder in front of him, "again.”"I lost track of time.”"You've lost track of time every night this week," her mother said gently, but there was something firm underneath the gentleness, something that told Sera this conversation had been planned in advance.She set her bag down slowly, already feeling the shape of what was coming."Sit down, sweetheart," her mother said, "please.”Sera satHer father finally looked up from the folder, and she recognized the expression immediately, the same one he wore when a data set refused to behave
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Chapter: CHAPTER 25 — TRISTAN'S TRAPSera's phone rang just as she was locking up the suburb house for the night, the screen flashing Tristan's name in a way that made her stomach tighten on instinct alone.She almost let it go to voicemail.Something made her pick up."Sera, please, you have to come," the voice on the other end said, breathless and ragged in a way that sounded almost convincing."Tristan, what's going on?”"It's my mom; she collapsed. They took her to the hospital. I don't know what to do.”She sat down slowly on the porch steps, her pulse ticking up despite every warning bell already sounding somewhere in the back of her mind."Which hospital?”"St Aldric's, please, Sera. I know things are weird between us, but I can't do this alone.”"I'll be there. ”"She ended the call and sat there for a moment longer than she needed to, something about the whole exchange scraping wrong against her memory, though she couldn't place exactly why yet."Pixy," she said quietly, "can you verify a hospital admission for
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Chapter: CHAPTER 23 — CHASING A GHOSTSera sat in the campus library the next afternoon, her laptop open in front of her. The umbrella incident was still two chapters away, but the overpass was already gnawing at the edges of her focus. She needed a name; she needed something to hold onto besides tired eyes and a voice that wouldn't leave her alone."Pixy, can you help me search the student database?” she typed into her notes more out of habit than necessity.[I have limited access to campus records]“Limited is better than nothing.”[Understood what parameters I should search for.]“Male mid-twenties, maybe tired eyes soaked in rain”She leaned back, watching the search populate rows of names and photos, scrolling past none of them anywhere close to right.The list came back with thin faces that didn't match a jaw too soft, eyes too bright, and nothing carrying that same unnatural stillness she remembered so clearly.“None of these are him,” she muttered[Confirmed no visual matches within current parameters]“Expand the
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