Lisa’s POV
By the time I was done with the file, I didn’t feel accomplished. I felt… drained, not because the work was difficult. But because it demanded focus I didn’t have to spare, still I did it. Line by line, number by number, assumption by assumption and
somewhere in between all that… I found things, not obvious mistakes or careless errors but subtle gaps. The kind that don’t break a proposal immediately… but weaken it over time.
I closed the file slowly, pressing my palm against it for a second longer than necessary. “Done,” I murmured under my breath but my mind didn’t stay there. It slipped back to the message, I reached for my phone again. Checked it, nothing new.
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Nothing new.
I pushed my chair back and stood up, no point sitting here any longer. When I stepped out, the
