May We Never Meet Again
Willis said at last, his voice low but steady, though it carried the weight of concern he could not conceal, “what happened to Mr. Mills? He is soaked, shivering, drunk. Look at him. This is not ordinary.”
Marcel exhaled slowly, dragging his hand down his face before letting it fall to his lap. His eyes, dark with fatigue and frustration, flickered briefly toward Nathan before settling somewhere on the floor.
“We went to make amends with Ms. Dean,” he said, his tone measured, each word deliberate.
The room seemed to grow heavier as he continued. “But she brutally rejected him.”
The words landed with a dull finality, like stones dropped into still water, sending quiet ripples through the sile