The door clicked as it closed behind her, and the noise seemed louder than it ought to have been, conclusive in a manner she hadn’t braced herself for. The mediation, Catalina’s email, the sweet taste of exhaustion, well, everything was pressed into her chest. She rested one hand on the wall for support and the other on her stomach, as if securing herself physically could help halt the shaking in her mind.She was breathing in short gasps. Not a sob. Not a sigh. Something between them, raw and unrefined, a muted recognition that the day had been excessively demanding. Every tightly reined in moment, every measured reply, every snappy word she’d had to use to keep herself under control now was riding over her like a juggernaut she’d never seen coming.The house was quiet, but the silence did not calm her. The walls seemed to tilt, to lean in, to wait, not intimidating, not merciless just patiently, as if they had nowhere else to be but here, with her. She rested her hand on the counte
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