Page 17 (1/1)

Well hell That was a bit of personal inforht in the chair and crossing her legs, Sam decided she had to appease him

“I’m sorry to hear that I didn’t understand the situation” Sam stated directly, her eyes focused on the hard lines around his eyes and his h he was under a tremendous amount of stress

“I know you didn’t come here to listen to et to walking out that door for the last tiet” He took a deep breath and then collapsed into his desk chair “I’ll be honest with you I lovein every day This has been my life for the last twenty years and apparently I have ”

Sa tension in Jeff’s words He clearly wasa decision he didn’t feel was the best for him, but since she wasn’t in a position to help hi e

“I appreciate your honesty Have you spoken with Logan about this?” She asked, trying to indulge hienuinely sorry for this et the inforet, Saht into the ht

“I haven’t I don’t want to burden hiuy He’d try his best to do so to fix this and I don’t think it’s in the best interest of the co in co out for the best interests of others, despite the heavy load they e you to at least share this with hirateful for your expertise and the opportunity to pick your brain before you leave” Ok, just a little ego boost, and this time Sam definitely saw the lines in his face shift “Since we’re officially starting over,” she followed that with a sement, “maybe you could tell me about the people ork for you?”

The right buttonsand he couldn’t seem to stop He offered her his professional and personal opinion on the people that worked for hi to hiroup of people within the company It didn’t hurt that he hired ave her soht into the personal issues he would occasionally encounter with a few of the she hadn’t already had experience with New fale employees who liked to party sole too s Yep, she had seen these before

They spent the next two hours outlining the projects, which er owned each, as well as tiest for last, and just as he started to give her the details she’d been waiting patiently to hear, there was a knock on the door Sam shifted in her chair to look behind her, and her heart almost leapt out of her chest

“Excuse me I didn’t mean to interrupt, but I wanted to see if I could borrow Ms Kielty for a little while”

“Yes, sir” Jeff stated with less tension in his voice than he had just a couple of hours before “Sa to you later We’ll need so project, but I think we can cover it in a couple of hours”

“Thank you for your ti, Jeff Will this afternoon work for you? I promise not to keep you too late” She shten a little “Then, toet a chance to go over sos with them”

“I’ll make sure to set aside the time” Jeff stood fro it firan”

Oh hell Sah Jeff had et Jeff over his current anger and h she had been successful, but the last comment wiped away all of her confidence in one fail swoop

“Thanks, Jeff” Logan motioned for Sam to precede him out of the office As she headed toward his office, he cleared his throat causing her to turn to look at him