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The Weight of Silence

Author: Niel Stevens
last update Petsa ng paglalathala: 2025-10-01 00:04:27

The knock was soft at first, almost polite. Then came a pause, Tessa was wondering which housekeeper it was at that time until a voice that carried too much cheer for the hour came up.

“Hi, Tessa,” Danielle’s words slid into the room before her full form did. Like silk, deliberately warm. “I made you a cup of tea. Something light, to help warm you up.”

She stood in the doorway with a tray balanced in her hands, the porcelain gleaming faintly under the overhead light. Her hair was perfect again,
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