Chapter 17

I dragged myself to work after school. No really, that's how it felt. Since I sorta forgot my bike at the cemetery, I had to go get that first before transporting myself to work.

"Hey Cora," Liam greeted me in his monotonous tone as I walked in.

"Afternoon lis- I mean Liam," I cleared my throat.

Liam narrowed his eyes but didn't say anything.

After I'd changed and gotten back to the front desk, Liam handed me a clipboard.

"Mr Ross wants you to look over the deliveries to make sure they got everything."

"On it."

This is part of the job I like. But unfortunately good things don't last forever..or even a whole shift.

I spent the next few hours reorganizing and checking items off the list and I especially enjoyed sorting through the new RAMs and GPUs, of course calmly and professionally and totally not drooling over. I also didn't squeal and jump excitedly when I saw the solar powered control panel that Mr Ross let me order for my project.

Well technically I'm paying it off with th