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A Lot to Take In

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“Coffee?” Gracie asked when she walked into the kitchen on Sunday morning. She was wearing a faded Harvard sweater with pajama pants and her favorite bunny slippers, leaning against the counter while waiting for the kettle to boil.

I nodded, sinking into a retro, red-backed stool. “Please. If you could hook it up with an IV, that would be even better.”

Gracie smiled, grabbing the biggest mug we had from the cupboard above her head. “That’s the best I can do. Tough week?”

“The toughest.” I hadn’t realized how exhausted I was until my head hit the pillow after I got home from the office on Friday night. I hadn’t even stayed awake long enough to have dinner. I spent most of the weekend relaxing in bed.

When Kaden told me it was time to leave the office, I really wanted to stay. I felt like we were on a roll, and I didn’t want to lose momentum. However, I was grateful to him in retrospect for making me leave.

The week had really taken a toll on me, and he was right about needing a b
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