Rose Shaw managed a faint smile. "I'm sorry, President Sterling, for causing you so much trouble."
"How could you do something so foolish?"
A sob caught in Rose Shaw's throat as tears streamed from her eyes.
'This wasn't foolish. To her, it was a release.'
"Alright, you've seen her. You can go now." Keith Coleman continued to try and get him to leave, not wanting Christopher Sterling to stay a second longer.
"Get some rest. You don't need to come to the office for the next few days," Christopher Sterling said softly.
Rose Shaw took a deep breath. A pang of pain spread from her heart, and in that moment, she could clearly feel that she was, in fact, still alive.
"No, President Sterling. I don't want to come back to the office ever again."
The moment those words left her lips, she suddenly felt as if a lifetime of shackles had fallen away. Her heart was unburdened, replaced by an unprecedented sense of relief.
She wasn't that strong after all.
