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Could not let go

Penulis: Janelle Rich
last update Terakhir Diperbarui: 2025-02-13 23:18:46

Morgan's point of view

By the time I finished adding some adjustments to Marrissa’s project and submitted it, I was already ten minutes past the deadline.

I leaned back in my chair, and rubbed my temples in frustration and sadness.

I felt it was too late. Too late for everything. This was all my fault. If I had just listened to her that day she came to my office with her project, if I had put aside my anger for just a moment, we could have worked on it together. We would have had plenty of time to finish it properly and submit it on time. But I had not listened. I had let my pride get in the way, and now we were paying for it.

I sighed and closed my eyes, even now all I could see was her lying on the floor, unconscious.

My chest tightened at the picture. That image had been burned into my mind since I came out of the hospital. She had almost lost her child. My child.

The weight of that truth sat heavy on my shoulders making me feel guilty.

I sat for almost an hour, trying to concentr
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