Damian Cross.Her thumb hovered over the call button, indecision warring within.She’d called him on Day 19. Left six voicemails. Told him she was sorry, that she understood why he was angry, that she just needed to know he was okay, her voice breaking with vulnerability.He never responded, his silence a final rejection.She set the phone down, the act feeling like surrender.Stood, her legs unsteady beneath her.Walked to the kitchen, the motion mechanical.The routine. Window to kitchen to bathroom to sofa. Over and over. A loop with no beginning and no end, a prison of repetition.She opened the fridge. Fully stocked like always. The staff made sure of that, their efficiency a stark contrast to her decay.Took out a bottle of water. Drank half, the liquid cool against her parched throat. Set it down.Her hands were shaking.They were always shaking now, a constant tremor of frailty.She walked back to the window, seeking solace in the view.“Twenty-nine days,” she said out loud, t
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