I can’t hide the truth forever. Though I don’t directly hear from Hugo, I know word of my resignation has passed to him when Kimberly gives me a kind of hard look and a nod.I feel bad. We are friends. I probably should have told him myself.Regardless, I continue on working the same as before. No o
I don’t cringe, hearing her voice, but it’s a near thing.“I knew you couldn’t cut it,” she says.“Have fun trying to write your own articles when I’m gone,” I snap at her.“I won’t have any trouble,” she says, though her eyebrow twitches a little in annoyance. Good, she should be annoyed. At hersel
Early the next morning, I drive to my new job at the Hamilton campaign headquarters. One step inside the door, I stop, my eyes nearly bugging out at the sight before me.The majority of the space is open, with round tables dotted here and there. A few offices are connected around the room, and a bat
Breathing hard, it takes me a moment to collect myself and answer, “What is it?”“I have those reports you asked for,” says a voice through the door.Rubbing my forehead with my hand, I call back, “I’m in a meeting right now. I’ll collect them after.”“Okay!” says the voice, and then footsteps sound
Yes, I can admit that we mean more to each other than a casual fling. But love?I don’t believe it.“I have a favor to ask,” I tell Selena, abruptly changing the subject. I suspect some pushback, but she just hums, as if waiting for me to continue.“Since your split with Miles, the numbers haven’t b
As Miles heads onto the campaign trail, I go along with him. By day, I watch him give his speeches. By night, we fall into hotel beds together, sweaty and sated. It’s a good existence.Miles’s charisma is back, and he easily charms anyone he talks to. Having Selena at the campaign rallies, opening f
With my phone pressed to my ear, I listen to it ring. Around me, the hospital hallway is busy, nurses and doctors hurrying around, going about their business. Standing outside of Thea’s room, I watch my parents worry as they watch her in her bed. I’m worried too, which is why I’m so desperate
“It will be okay, honey,” Mom says. Dad stands stoic nearby. Watching them near the doorway, I feel a bit like an outside looking in at my own family. I wrap my arms around myself and stay where I am, afraid to come too close and intrude on this moment. I stay there a few moments, before Thea fa