After speaking with Sandra and learning about Alfie’s troubling situation, Millie’s concern and worry for him banished any thoughts of sleep. With the cup of coffee in her hand, she headed back to the room to share the distressing news with Clara.
“What?!” Clara immediately looked stricken with guilt. “If something’s happened to Alfie, it’s all my fault, Mills. Me and my big mouth.” She sucked in a deep breath. “Oh my god, I feel like I’m worse than Andrea.”
“You’re not anything like Andrea. You didn’t know it was such a sensitive issue,” Millie assured her. “And unlike Andrea, you don’t go around gossiping about people.”
“What are we going to do?” Clara began to walk around the room in circles. “Did you ask Sandra what she really meant about Alfie being in bad shape?”
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