Chapter 45: Clouds Over

Chapter 45: Clouds Over

Leonard sat at his desk, motionless, a finger idly circling the rim of his coffee cup. The once-steaming drink had long gone cold, untouched. His gaze was fixed somewhere out the window, but his mind wasn’t with the skyline.

Instead, it was replaying the earlier moment at the coffee shop—the bump, the spilled drink, the quiet panic in Katherine’s eyes. It had been messy, rushed, and awkward, but it had been something. They’d spoken, however briefly. And despite how it ended, he counted it as a victory.

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