I stand in my office, the quietness sinking in as I stare at the door she had just gone through. Though she is a little calmer, or at least seemed like it once she saw another woman, I can still hear her quiet sobs as they walk down the hallway. It claws at me and at parts that I haven’t realized still exist.
Honestly, I expected her to be fearful, resistant, and maybe even a little defiant, but I never expected to see her break down like this. She was shaking and nearly on the verge of collapse, though I hadn’t done anything to her.
And that in itself stirs something deep within me.
With a clenched jaw, I turn toward the window and glare out at the sprawling estate before me. The grounds are shrouded in twilight, with shadows creeping across the edges of the forest that bordered the pr
