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Chapter 9
Zara is freaking out at the elevator and screaming at me.
It's funny how she's the one freaking out more than I am. I mean, I'm the one that just got fired, not her. And she's not taking any of it.
Zara glares at the two female interns standing beside us when she notices them staring at us. "Can y'all just mind your fucking business and block your fucking ears and stop staring at me like I'm some monkey!"
I chuckle when she says that and the interns immediately stop staring at her.
So apparently, Madeline fired me because she found out that I threw the pieces of the letter she sent CJ in the office trash can. So she thinks that I'm the one that tore the letter into pieces. She has no idea that CJ did that and
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