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"What are you still doing here?" a harsh voice demanded

Zoe looked up, half-afraid that she’d find Mrs Sands standing there ready for round two Instead she found the wo, glaring at her with open disgust That was a little unexpected considering she was the one who realized that five million dollars had been embezzled over the past six years and found the proof that linked Mrs Sands to the theft Then again she could certainly understand why he was in such a pissy mood since his wife had just screwed him over

"I asked why you’re still here, Miss O’Shea Your eo I expected you to leave i to her feet quickly, too quickly Her chair fell back with a loud groan and two of the wheels popped off and rolled off somewhere beneath her desk "Why am I fired?"

It didn’tout that soht? She didn’t expect therateful wouldn’t exactly hurt, especially right now

With a drawn out sigh, Mr Sands gestured for one of the security guards who’d dragged Mrs Sands away to step forward Zoe automatically took a nervous step back

"Please remove her before she destroys anyaway

Destroying company property? With a frown she looked down at the chair that had given her nothing but problems over the past three years and by this point consisted mostly of duct tape Before she could tell hie security guard had her by the ar her towards the elevator

"Hey!" she said, desperately trying to dig her feet into the cheap paper-thin carpet "Why arab the wall of one of the cubicles only to have the security guard yank her away She grabbed another wall Daht as her hand slipped off the cubicle wall "I don’t understand why you’re firing ged into the elevator She reached out and slapped her hands against the edge of the elevator door to stop the doors froed "Because you should have found it sooner," he said, leaving her absolutely stunned

Her hands dropped away, allowing the elevator doors to close and her world to cru to do now?

"I would have kept hed unhappily "I really am an idiot"

"Yup"

"Please, please, don’t be in my spot," Zoe chanted softly as she slowly turned the corner, wishing she kne to change or at least temporarily fix her windshield wipers as she did her best to squint through the heavy downpour

A moment later she slowly stopped in front of her houseat least she thought it was her house With a sroan, she pressed the button to roll down the driver’s sideand tried not to cringe when thee noise Once it was down, Zoe leaned out theand tried to make out the color of the townhouse, pale blue, not hers, but at least she no that she only had two o