She took a breath and leaned back in her chair, glancing at her hands for just a moment before looking back at me. I noticed the pause. I didn't know what to do with it, so I let it go.“Three days ago,” she said, “Julian got a call from Boston. Something with the firm. A deal that had been in progress for months, and they needed him there in person or it was going to fall apart completely. He didn’t want to go.” She said that part clearly, making sure I heard her. “He really didn’t want to leave this room. But it was the kind of situation where his absence would have seriously cost the company, and he had already put so much on hold.”I nodded.“He called me before he left,” she continued. “He said he needed someone here. He said he couldn’t bear the thought of you waking up alone in this room with no one you knew in it. He asked me to come and stay until he got back.” She smiled slightly. “He said please. Twice, actually. Which, if you knew Julian, you’d understand is basically a mi
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