Ethan
I woke up before the alarm went off, not because I'd rested. Sleep had become more of an obligation than a respite. Every time I closed my eyes, I saw Clara's wrecked car, the ambulance siren, her motionless body… The fear of losing her. And now there was another worry: Alexander.
I sat up slowly in bed so as not to wake her. Clara was still asleep, clutching the pillow that, without realizing it, had replaced me during the night.
I smiled slightly and brushed a strand of hair away from her face.
"I'm going to find the person responsible…" I whispered to myself.
I dressed in silence and went down to the office. On the desk was the business card I'd been keeping for a while, never thinking I'd need it again.
I picked it up: Nathan Cole. Private Corporate Investigations.
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