Chapter 113

"Your resignation is invalid," Wayne's words were commanding.

I knew he could make that happen if he wanted. Even if he couldn't, he could just get Matthew to overrule Jace. But that wasn't what I wanted.

So, I decided to shut that down. "Jace already signed off on it."

Jace was the one running RiverwaveCorp now, not Wayne.

There was silence on the other end. After a few seconds, Wayne asked, "Where are you?"

Only Lena and Hayden knew where I'd moved, but Wayne had a way of figuring things out. He was the kind of guy who remembered every detail, so he might even guess where I was.

But I wasn't about to tell him. "I've been all about the amusement park for the last two years. Please help wrap up the last bits."

"Rea..."

"Wayne, don't. Just don't."

I hung up and turned back to the oat porridge bubbling away in the pot. It smelled pretty good.

No fancy dinner tonight, though—I hadn't bought groceries, so oat porridge was all I had.

I sat down with my laptop, spooning oat porrid