Chapter 60

William gave Alice’s desk a quick glance too, puzzled. “Mr. Hawthorne, is there something wrong with Miss Sterling?” Edward shot him a cold look, voice flat. “No.” Realizing he overstepped, William immediately bowed his head. “Got it. I’ll go grab her file from HR now.” Back in his office, Edward headed straight to his computer and opened the only music app he had installed. His fingers flew across the keyboard—he searched for “Summer.” All of Summer’s tracks popped up. He clicked on the most recent one—“Little Snail”—then opened the comment section. The top comment had a rare reply from Summer herself. User “DesperateOrange” wrote: “Summer, I’ve been feeling super down lately, like life’s completely dark. I’m not sure I can keep going. Have you ever felt like that? How did you make it through?” Summer replied: “Yes. I’ve been in that deep pit before, felt so hopeless I thought of giving it all up. But then I witnessed a car accident. I saw someone on the brink of death, clinging to li