A Desperate Plea

The restaurant was a bit quiet, the soft clatter of dishes and muted conversations surrounding the corners of the room.

Camilla sat in a shadowed corner, her hands folded neatly in her lap, her eyes fixed on the door with a distant intensity.

She kept her head slightly down, a scarf loosely draped around her shoulders, trying to look unassuming like just another patron waiting for a friend.

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