Carter Ricci_________Later at night, I return from the business party alone. My usual confident demeanour is replaced with a subtle unease, the weight of the night pressing on me. I should have stayed with her, I think, but the business had to come first. I needed to show my face, keep up the façade, but now, as I walk through the door, that unease thickens into something darker.I enter the bedroom quietly, expecting to find Rose asleep, the kind of peaceful sleep I promised her. Instead, I find her sitting on the edge of the bed, her face flushed, her legs shifting nervously beneath her. What the hell?“Rose?” I ask, my voice soft, yet laced with concern. I step closer, noticing how she keeps moving, like she can’t get comfortable, can’t settle down. “Are you okay?”She looks up at me, her eyes wide and a little dazed. Her lips part, but it's like the words get stuck in her throat. “I injected th...e sleep... aid,” she says, her voice small, innocent, and childlike, as she points
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