Chapter 6: Echoes “Miss Vale.” My hand froze against the cool brass of the door handle. “Yes, sir?” For a long, drawn-out moment, he said nothing. Outside, the storm was still tearing through the city, rain tracing jagged silver streams down the floor-to-ceiling glass behind him. He stood right where I’d left him, one hand resting lightly along the edge of his desk, his expression entirely unreadable. Then, his eyes shifted away. He was quiet for a moment. Then he glanced at the report still lying open on his desk. “Take your copy.” I blinked. “…Sir?” “You’ll need it tomorrow.” I looked down. I’d forgotten the marked-up copy on his desk. I crossed the room, picked it up, murmured a quiet, “Thank you,” and left. Just like that, the familiar wall between us was firmly back in place By the time I turned back around, he had already pulled another patient chart toward him. His focus was somewhere else entirely—or, at least, that was the impression he wanted to give. “G
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