#Chapter 66: Fractures

Aria I stared at the employee points board, blinking a few times to make sure I wasn’t imagining things. Lily’s name was gone—completely erased from the board as if she had never been there at all. My heart skipped a beat, a knot forming in my stomach. Lily always saved up her points like her life depended on it; why would her name be missing? Without hesitating, I headed straight to her desk. She was hunched over her keyboard, typing furiously, her pink bunny mug steaming beside her. “Lily,” I said, stopping beside her desk. She looked up, her eyes meeting mine briefly before flickering back to her screen. “Oh, hey,” she replied neutrally. “Did you notice that your name is missing from the points board?” I asked. “It looks like someone erased it.” “Yeah, I know. I’m the one who erased it,” she said matter-of-factly, not even pausing her typing. I blinked in surprise. “You... erased it? Why would you do that? You were so close to saving up enou