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Chapter 7: Vanessa

Author: Cold Storm
last update Last Updated: 2025-07-03 01:44:41
I barely slept.

Every time I closed my eyes, I saw Marcus's face. Not the way he looked when he was alive, warm and loving and full of promises, but the way the detective had described him. Cold. Still. Gone.

The tears had stopped sometime around three in the morning, leaving behind a hollow ache that settled deep in my chest like a stone I'd swallowed.

Now, as pale dawn light filtered through the floor-to-ceiling windows of my new room, I stared at the ceiling and tried to figure out how my life had become unrecognizable in less than forty-eight hours.

A soft knock interrupted my spiraling thoughts.

"Miss Rodriguez?" Mrs. Ciro's voice was gentle through the door. "Mr. De Luca would like to see you in his office."

My stomach clenched. "What time is it?"

"Seven-thirty. He's an early riser."

I dragged myself from bed and pulled on the simple black dress I'd worn to the hospital yesterday. In the mirror, I looked exactly like what I was, a woman who'd lost everything and w
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