After Thomas Fisher slammed the door and left, he didn't show up again. Anthony, who brought things she liked to eat, didn't come to disturb Alice Turner either. Without these two people's 'disruptions', Alice Turner didn't feel any peace; instead, her mood felt even more restless and anxious.
She wanted to use work to numb herself, but she couldn't get into the work state at all. Her mind was filled with the figure of Thomas Fisher, and she even hallucinated while staring at the computer, seeing him in the documents.
Alice Turner snapped her laptop shut and placed it casually to the side. She stood up and walked to the floor-to-ceiling window, leaning sideways against the window frame, staring blankly at the street below.
She maintained this state from bright sunlight until the city lights were dazzling; worn out, she withdrew her gaze from outside, straightened up, and walked into the bathroom.
