~NICO~
The wait stretches longer than it should.
No one speaks. The hallway stays quiet except for the occasional footsteps of staff moving past, careful, controlled, like they already understand this is not a situation to mishandle. The doors she was taken through have not opened since, and my eyes keep returning to them without me thinking about it.
Sienna is pacing a few steps away, her hands trembling even though she keeps trying to steady them. Elianna sits with her elbows on her knees, head lowered, fingers pressed against her mouth like she is holding something back. Enzo leans against the wall across from me, arms folded, watching everything without saying a word.
When the doors finally open, all of us look up at once.
Gustavo steps out, pulling his gloves off as he walks towa
