~SARA~
Air leaves my lungs.
A chilling sensation runs down my spine and cold beads of sweat spread across my temple.
Jeremy is talking, but I don't hear what he says. I only watch his mouth move, every other sound in the room fading into background noise.
Mira nods along to Jeremy’s presentation.
Someone laughs in the background.
My fingers tighten around my phone, the coldness of it feeling so heavy and oppressive in my palm.
Quietly, I press the power button.
The screen goes black.
I straighten and flash a smile at Jeremy, forcing my expression into something neutral.
"So with the right cross platform strategy," Jeremy says, clicking to the next slide, "we can expect a forty percent engagement increase within three mont—"
"Impressive," I interject abruptly, nodding along, a st
