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50. Burden vs. Trust
SADIE
Something is wrong. I can feel it.The tension building in the car was so thick it was choking me. It just reminded me that what I witnessed in the office had something to do with what was going on right now.
“What’s wrong, Beck?” He barely talked to me when he sent me to the office. When Linden and Devin drove Cenric to work, I had my doubts, but I kept my mouth shut. I couldn’t take it anymore.
“I will be working with Cenric until Friday.”
“What? Why?” I asked, confused. “Did you two get into a fight?”
“We’ll talk about this later, Sadie.”
“Of course.” I nodded.
I looked for Cenric as soon as I arrived at the Centh HQ. Maeve was already here for the first batch tour to The Travelers zone.
“Babe?” He looked surprised. Since we woke up in the morning, I noticed something different about him. He was guarded, and it felt like he was carrying the entire universe over hi
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