hing into a wall of exhaustion. The entire office was p

to her desk to r

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. That photo was the only one she had of her mother be

ell to her knees, her hand

id, a smirk audi

sty, painful gash. It wasn't deep enough to need stitches, but blood welled up in

A tether that had been holding her

the beige carpet. She grabbed the stack of files Davis had du

up," Davi

ck and threw the files. N

chest, and hundreds of pages exploded into

was raw, primal. "Pick it up like you pick up

eked, stum

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g from her clenched fist. His eyes widened. He too

s unsure. He looked at t

y hand like a weapon. "I quit, Kenton! I quit t

from the glass shards with her u

eaned," Kenton called out. He sounded fr

scream," she said, her voice

s. She pressed the button

re in the ruins of his office, bleeding and broken but standing tall

ors opened. Car

ing to sob theatrically. "She... she

loor. He recognized the photo in the debris.

ted a disruption on my executive floor and resulted i

pped cryi

Get out of my building before

t the doors had already closed. Th