JAMES POV
I sat in the board meeting as Stella spoke. I tried to pay attention but my mind kept blanking out at intervals.
I looked at her, and the thought of me probably being responsible for her parents’ death sat on me like a heavy weight.
Four days I’ve not been able to sleep. I can’t eat. This is the only thought that keeps me awake.
I shifted in my chair, loosening the tie on my neck slightly, trying to ease the suffocating pressure building in my chest.
Every word Stella said felt like an echo because my mind could not register anything that came out of her mouth.
What kept replaying in my mind was the name I was still unsure of, but it refused to stop haunting me.
She looked so perfect standing in front of the entire company, speaking with pristine confidence radiating all o
