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FIFTY

Author: Gentle Roses
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Calix's pov

The conference room was filled with tension, masked by a strong citrus spray. Over ten people were seated around the glass table. PowerPoint slides flicking by with words like “capital,” “expansion,” and “long-term strategy” buzzing in the background, but none of it felt real.

Not today.

Cassie, the junior executive doing the presentation, stood up straight, her gaze sweeping over the faces of the board members and the representatives of the Japanese investors. "Our focus, as I understand it, is the projected Q3 growth in the Asian market." She gestured towards a woman seated across the table, and continued her presentation. The drone of financial projections and market share analyses faded into a muffled hum.

I kept my posture straight. Eyes trained on the screen like I gave a damn about whatever Cassie was going on about. I didn’t.

I was watching her.

Or rather, rewatching her.

Subtly, I reached for my phone, resting it just below the edge of the table, my thumb finding
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    Delilah's povThe smell of brewing coffee and breakfast usually filled the kitchen with a comforting warmth. I stirred my own coffee, watching the steam curl upwards, trying to ignore the empty space at the head of the table. Naomi picked at her scrambled eggs, her brow furrowed in a way that mirrored my own anxiety.Then, the front door clicked open. It clicked open quietly, cautiously — the kind of sound someone makes when they don’t want to wake someone sleeping.Naomi and I looked up, our forks clattering against our plates. Calix stepped into the dining room with yesterday’s clothes still on him. His collar was wrinkled and his sleeves pushed up. His suit jacket was rumpled, his tie loosened, and his eyes looked… tired.“Dad!” Naomi’s voice was a small, relieved exhale.Calix met her eyes. “Morning.”That was it? Just… morning?He walked past us to the fridge like it was any other day. Like he hadn’t vanished the night before without a word, like he hadn’t left me staring at my p

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