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LEVERT POV“Yes!” I yelled as I watched the television. If she thinks saving a child will change the world's mind against her, then she is wrong.“Get me my favorite Champagne from the bar, we need to celebrate this,” I said as j stood up.“Uhm, boss. I don't think there is anything to celebrate,” my assistant and right hand man, Neil said to me.I looked at him and he pointed at the Television. I turned around to see Aurora speaking with calm and excellence.“What happened?!” I yelled. “A second ago she was ready to pounce on the reporter,” I said loudly.“Maybe the friend stopped her,” Neil said.“Maybe?” I scoffed. “We both saw her try to hit the fake reporter you planted but right now all I see is her making nice.”“I will get to the bottom of it,” he said, about to leave my office.“No, cut her loose,” I said as I placed my scarf around my neck.“Sorry boss,” those are the same words he says whenever he is pretending not to hear me.“I know you heard me, Neil but no, I don't mean
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AURORA“Hey, be careful with that,” I said to the maintenance operator trying to fix up Fiona's office with my Mom's picture.“She's gorgeous,” Carina said.“Well, I had to take my looks from somewhere,” I said, giving a little dance.The maintenance operator smirked as he carefully adjusted the frame on the wall. I watched, feeling an odd mixture of pride and nostalgia. My mother’s photograph seemed to cast a gentle warmth across Fiona’s typically sterile office.Carina leaned in, examining the picture more closely. “I can’t believe I never knew your mom was this stunning. You always mention her, but this—”I nodded, a bittersweet smile crossing my lips. “Yeah, Martin said she had this way of making everyone feel seen. Even in a crowd, it was like she was looking right at you, understanding everything you were thinking.”“Must be where you get your intuition from,” Carina said, winking.Before I could respond, Amy walked in, her usual brisk energy trailing behind her. She stopped mid
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AURORA“No way,” I dropped the photo, shocked and confused.“I double checked Aurora,” Martin said to me. “I have medical records to prove it,” I heard some raffling behind me and I turned.“How did you get those?” I asked him. He tilted his head. Right, knowing the answer to that is probably a bad idea.“How can this be possible?” I asked. “What, he just woke up one morning and decided not to be a woman?” Martin sighed, running a hand through his hair as if trying to untangle the mess of thoughts in his head. His eyes met mine, filled with something between sympathy and disbelief.“Look, it’s not like he just decided one day. From what I’ve pieced together, it was years in the making, a struggle buried beneath layers of secrecy and shame.” He paused, holding up one of the papers. “The records show treatments, therapy sessions… it was deliberate, Aurora.”I picked up the photo again, my fingers trembling slightly. The face staring back at me was both familiar and alien, a ghost of th
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