CHAPTER THIRTY FOUR — Ghost's Reaction
LENA'S POV I told Ghost about the hallway again that night, fully this time, every detail I had been holding back even in my public statement. We sat in his office with the door closed, just the two of us, and I made myself say it plainly instead of in the careful, edited version I had given the cameras. The dinner at Edmund's house. Everyone going to get drinks. The hallway. The way he had cornered me against the wall and told me I should get used to it. Ghost listened without interrupting once. When I finished, the office was silent for a long moment. "I need an hour," he said finally, his voice very controlled, very flat. "Ghost." "An hour," he said again, standing up. "I am not going to do anything reckless. I just need to move." I watched him leave the office, watched him walk
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