Chapter 261

• GUSTAVO
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• I sat at the desk in my study with the laptop open and a stack of folders I hadn’t touched in weeks. The room felt too quiet. No guards outside the door, no urgent calls coming in every ten minutes. Just me, the morning light coming through the window, and the low hum of the computer fan. I rubbed the side of my bandage once, then stopped. It still pulled when I moved too fast, but I wasn’t going to let that stop me today.