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Silvia just sighed, relief mixed in with the exasperated expression. Her bouncy black hair was pinned up in a messy knot, her face devoid of makeup, it made her look even younger.
She had feared that Angelo would disappear after his resignation, it made her worry.
She picked up the landline on her desk to arrange for some food to be brought up to her office.
"Have you even eaten all day?" She accused, "Now that you’re no longer working for me, this meal is coming out of my pocket."
"I ate the apple I swiped off your tray in the morning," Angelo muttered, his eyes getting heavy.
Although Silvia kept trying half-heartedly to get rid of him, he always snuck into her office at the most random times to doze off in one of her chairs.
Angelo wasn’t quite sure why but whenever he napped in Silvia’s office, he never had nightmares, his thin shoulders slouching as he finally got the chance to stop being on edge.
"I killed him," He said quietly into the office. Silvia always had it brightly lit even in the day time, the white fluorescent lights giving the office a bit of a clinical air.
"I know," Silvia said simply, her words holding a world of unspoken conversations. "You..." She trailed off, unable to say the rest of her words.
She knew as much of Angelo’s past as he had been willing to tell her, and she had made a promise to him when they first met, that she wouldn’t stop him from carrying out his revenge.
Silvia hadn’t thought much of it when it was done but now, nearly a decade later, she faltered.