Not a Pawn anymore

Viviana's POV

I took a half day from work.

Not because I was overwhelmed. Not because I was spiraling.

Because I was thinking clearly.

That, more than anything else, made this dangerous.

I told Ginevra I had a family errand to run and had to leave early. She didn't mind because even though I'd been taking more time off work than usual, and at a very short notice at that, I always made sure I was u