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t happened. Once again, I found myself caught in a trap I didn't fully und

yes away from Claire. She was distant now, her arms crossed, as if she were protecting herself fro

icy distance, as if she were recovering from the suspended mome

had an expression of surprise, but didn't seem disturbed by the palpable tension bet

mean to interrupt..." the woman said, quick

ring from what had just transpired. She turned her eyes toward me, and I saw something colder there, almost calculat

ding something important, but it had all just collapsed. A mix of ang

ice was harsher than I intended, but I couldn't mask the tension boiling inside me. "You're the only

s were filled with the same uncertainty I had noticed earlier. T

" Her words were both a challenge and an invitation. "There's no simple answer to what

me. But if you think I'm leaving without understanding, you're m

as a silence of acceptance, as if, despite our oppositions, we both knew someth

understand, Daniel. You're searching for the truth, but at what cost?" Her

ut I was far more determined than she thought. What I felt for her no longer mattered at this poin

s. The walls, the room, the events... everything dissolved, leaving only

u told me you were here to solve a murder, Daniel. So go

Yet, deep down, I knew she wasn't ready either. Claire remained a mystery

ntrol of the situation. "I'll be back. This isn'

that the inevitable was happening. We were already on a dangerous path

ntradictory thoughts. I didn't have the answers I was looking for, but I had one certainty: I would ret