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Buzzing, I didn’t even bother heading back up to my room. I grabbed the car keys out of my tote bag as I left the conference room and strode confidently across the lobby.
I knew that I had crushed the end of that interview. I was so proud of myself. Everything had gone exactly as planned. And I had positioned myself perfectly; with such an ambiguous answer, Lester was left wondering exactly what I had meant by my answer. I grinned to myself. And so would his readers.
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“How are you today, Lorrie?”
She looked up at me, freckles pale under the fluorescent lights. “Well today. And thank you for asking.”
“Checking
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