“Everything that can be handed off has been. She was working herself into a righteous lather. And there should be an end-of-day report from legal.” I have to reschedule the new chemist’s onboarding tour. “The social media team needs my input tomorrow morning. “The reports,” she said, looking down in her lap and then craning her neck to see into the back seat. She’d gone ghostly pale and glassy-eyed before slumping gracefully into a dead faint. “You fainted in your office because you’re a stubborn idiot,” I explained. “Where are we going? Also, what exactly happened?” “Freaking Miami.” Emily sighed, sitting up straighter. “Back door,” I yelled to the other driver. I swerved around it and rolled the passenger window down. The back door to the white contractor van in front of us flew open, and a stack of empty paint-splattered cans fell out. “When is the last time you ate a proper meal?” I asked, turning onto the causeway, leaving downtown Miami behind us. “I’m fine.” Emily’s voice was weak but pissed off from my passenger seat. They were big, black blobs that were bleeding together.ĭerek said my name, but he was so very far away. As if to emphasize my point, my email inbox autoloaded what looked like twenty new messages.ĭamn it. I need to get back to this,” I said, gesturing at the stack of folders on my desk.
I pushed my chair back from the desk, making him step out of the way in the process. “I’m agreeing with you, and you’re getting defensive.
“I don’t need you coming in here and trying to cast doubt on one of the only people I know I can trust.” Exhaustion made my fuse microscopically short. That’s why the truth that I’d never spoken before escaped.
“We used to be best friends.” I was exhausted. “I wouldn’t be here without Lita,” I insisted. “You protected what was rightfully yours,” he said, perching on the corner of my desk. And we’ve already had this conversation,” I pointed out. “And it’s your name on the office,” he pointed out.
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