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A Steady Rhythm

Author: Mayemura Special
last update Last Updated: 2025-09-09 05:45:49

Isla

The hum of the copier filled the small alcove outside my office, blending with the low murmur of voices down the hall. Horizon Outreach was not glamorous like the marble floors of Watson’s Bank, but there was a warmth here, a sense of purpose stitched into the walls. I found myself breathing easier every morning when I stepped through its glass doors. For the first time in years, work did not feel like walking into a battlefield.

I adjusted the stack of reports in my hands, careful not to drop them. They were quarterly reviews for one of our major community programs, and though most people here treated the paperwork as a chore, I had slipped into it like water finding its stream. Numbers never lied. If you knew how to read them, they told stories more precise than words ever could.

When I carried the reports into the general manager’s office, Mark Bennett looked up from his laptop. His salt-and-pepper hair caught the light, and the glasses perched on his nose gave him the air of
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