The Office Between Us
The walk home from the coffee shop was colder than the morning had promised. Isabelle pulled her jacket tighter, but the chill seemed to be coming from the inside. Carla’s words echoed in her mind, each one a sharp, stinging slap of reality. “Feelings can’t fix someone who won’t open up.” The phrase repeated itself like a mantra, a stern, unwavering voice of reason in the chaotic swirl of Isabelle’s emotions.