Kennedy’s POVThey looked at me like I had asked something absurd, like I was the only one in the room who didn’t know what was going on.Finally, one of them spoke up, hesitant, almost careful. “Sir… Mrs. Macmillan hasn’t been in the office all week.”All week.The words echoed in my head, refusing to settle. “What?” I frowned, my thoughts scrambling to catch up.On her birthday, I had told her to take the day off. I thought I was being considerate, giving her space to relax, to enjoy herself. The next day too. But by the third day, I had expected her to be back, sitting behind her desk like always, focused, composed, exactly the way she carried herself.But she never showed up, and I hadn’t even noticed. That realization hit harder than anything else.It came crashing into me all at once, dragging memories along with it, forcing me to see what I had ignored.The way she looked that night when I came back from seeing Annie. Too pale, like something inside her had already started brea
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