Rejected by the Cowboy
"Alright. Of course."
She nodded, satisfied with the answer, and kept reading.
André went back to his chair, with an uncomfortable certainty tightening his chest:
She was there. Living. But a part of her... had stayed somewhere else.
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Dolores's day continued at an intense pace, as she always liked. Short meetings, quick decisions, the phone ringing non-stop. She reviewed contracts, approved window displays, adjusted deadlines with suppliers, and answered emails.
"This fabric needs to be repositioned. The light is killing the tone," she said to one of the saleswomen, pointing to the main display window.
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