And just like that, he was gone. I watched him walk away. Left standing alone in reception. My world shattered, pieces laying bare at my feet. There were no tears, no words, just a shattered world. I opted to stay at work, which I was quickly realising may not have been the correct idea. Prue was gone, Damian was gone, I was somehow still standing with my job but didn’t know who to turn to. My only option was to turn to Cleo, but it meant that I needed to tell her the truth, the whole truth. I tried to make my legs move but they felt like deadweight. I managed to walk to the bottom of the stairs but stood feeling dizzy as they towered in front of me. I reached out and held onto the banister for the stairs. “One step at a time.” I breathed. Slowly, I dragged my feet up, one step, one step, one step, one step. I reached the top and walked slowly through the halls until I arrived at the office door. I swiped my security card and opened the door. Cleo looked up over the desk like a
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