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Chapter 52

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Mrs. Calloway.

My mentor.

My advisor.

The woman who helped me build everything I had.

She had been the one pulling strings in the dark against me. And I had never suspected a thing.

A cold, dizzy feeling washed through me. I couldn’t breathe in that room anymore. I knew exactly what I needed to do.

I had to confront her.

I stood so fast that my chair scraped the floor. My legs felt unsteady, but I didn’t stop. I walked out of the quiet back office, down the hall, and toward her floor, each step heavier than the last.

I didn’t knock.

I couldn’t.

I was too full of anger, fear, and confusion, everything I had been holding inside since Daniel collapsed. Since I saw the access logs. Since one name kept repeating like a stain that refused to wash off.

I pushed open her office door.

She looked up from her desk, calm as ever, her silver-rimmed glasses perched low on her nose. The afternoon sunlight spilled over her perfectly arranged papers, casting a warm glow across the room. It made every
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