88. Disappointment

88. Disappointment

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“Why is everything happening at the same time?” I say in disbelief. It’s too much to process. Last time I had an anxiety attack when I was digging into his emails with Ashley’s help.

“I know it’s not something you would like to talk about,” Natalie says, but doesn’t know what’s bothering me. Ash saw some nasty images when she accessed his emails. Who knows who that girl was… I swallow hard, feeling guilty. I should have reported it. But how could I have explained it to the authorities? That we accessed someone’s email who has been on the run for two years?

“He is dangerous.”

“I think he always was…” Again. Natalie doesn’t know about Maxim. What do I even tell her? I don’t remember everything. The memories that resurface sometimes feel like figments of my imagination.

“His company is not good. The people he was supposed to work with… were monsters.” I try to divert my attention away from them. I am supposed to keep my shit together.

“Yet he pulled Ja