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THE OFFICE — NEXT MORNING]

Michael left to work

He arrived early.

Earlier than usual. He had not slept well — not badly exactly, just shallowly, the kind of sleep that skimmed the surface of things without going under.

He sat at his desk. His assistant appeared at nine with the day's schedule. Meetings. Calls. A lunch he had agreed to three weeks ago and had forgotten about until now.

He looked at the schedule.

"Push the lunch," he said.

"To when, sir?"

"I don't know yet. Just push it."

His as
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    Jessica folded her arms.For a heartbeat, neither of them spoke. Sarah lowered her eyes, tracing the rim of the mug between her hands."I shouldn't have said that," she murmured. Jessica took a step closer. "You already did." Sarah closed her eyes for a moment before looking up again. "What do you want to know?" Jessica gave a bitter laugh."I don't even know where to start anymore."She looked around the apartment.The cracked picture frame. The repaired lock.The scratches carved into the doorframe.When she walked in, she had seen proof of betrayal. Now she wasn't sure what she was looking at.Her gaze returned to Sarah."You said Michael made you a promise." Sarah nodded. "He did.""What promise?"Sarah lowered her eyes. Her fingers kept circling the mug, holding onto it like it was the only thing keeping her steady."He promised that my child would never grow up wondering whether his father cared.”Jessica swallowed. "And?""He gave me his word he would never walk away." The only

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    The untouched documents still covered his desk. Emails remained unanswered because every time he tried to focus, Jessica's words dragged him back to the night before."If you cared about me... you would've trusted me."He closed his eyes.He opened the same document three times and read the same line without understanding a single word.For years, Michael Carter had survived by keeping everything locked away. His fears. His weaknesses. His truths.But Jessica wasn't his enemy.She was his wife.And somehow, she was the one person he kept pushing away while trying to protect her.His phone vibrated across the desk.Detective Harris.Michael answered immediately. "What happened?" There was a brief silence on the other end.Then Harris spoke."Sir... we traced one of the numbers connected to the anonymous messages."Michael sat straighter. "And?""It wasn't a random number." Michael's fingers tightened around the phone. "What do you mean?"Harris took a breath."The phone was registered und

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    She volunteered to take every extra patient she could, hoping exhaustion would drown out her thoughts.The hospital was unusually busy that morning. Patients filled the waiting area, nurses hurried through the corridors, and doctors moved from one consultation room to another without stopping.Normally, throwing herself into work was enough.Today, nothing worked.Her hands moved automatically as she updated patient files, checked vital signs, and answered questions.Her mind wasn't in the hospital.It was still in Michael's bedroom.She could still feel the warmth of his hand wrapped around hers."Stay... just tonight."Her fingers paused over the chart. She had to inhale before she could keep writing. Then another memory followed."I have to go."She sighed quietly. She didn't know which version of Michael to believe anymore.The man who had held her all night. Or the man who had left before breakfast without looking back."Jessica."She blinked. "Hm?" Her colleague laughed softly.

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