DEL MORINO
With the burden of the past few days bearing down on me, I left my study. Now, the reports I had been quickly reading, the never-ending pile of papers and the incessant ringing of my phone were all meaningless.
It was all irrelevant. One person and one thing had taken up all of my thoughts.
Layla.
I was unable to concentrate on anything else. Not while she was struggling for her life and now one of the maids had delivered the piece of goodnews I had been waiting for.
Not when each moment without her was like a knife piercing my chest more deeply.
Every step felt like a test, a challenge to my own resolve as I moved down the hallway.
I stopped when I got to her room, my hand lingering over the doorknob,. excitement and fear pinned me down as I exhaled.
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