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God, she was aoff of the tracks

“When are you going to hts, his question directed at Alex “I think there are a few people whoon”

Deanna sent hian only sail and Tricia walk into the bar, followed closely by Larry Saan was referring to and a part of her was anxious to see the look on their faces Not that she was ever one to want to rub so had turned vicious quickly

She’d heard so many different variations in the short tio back to the San Antonio office, but they didn’t want her

I heard Logan finally got tired of her, and she’s been off licking her wounds for the last teeks, only to come back to find out she’d been fired Poor woman

I heard Xavier threatened to fire thereed to let Logan stay

It was an endless est instigators had been Tricia Shoenrock, who had been attacking Sam personally since the day she arrived in the Dallas office Froail had all but promised her the job once Xavier fired Sam

So, that was the only reason Sam looked forward to the announce what his ansould be, but she didn’t have to wonder when he grabbed his beer bottle and a spare fork sitting on the table With a round of clangs against the bottle, he announced that he wanted everyone’s attention

Sa in her chest So maybe she wasn’t as ready for hian took two steps closer, his body pressed up against her side as he stood beside her counter height chair She welco her; the support she needed to get through the next few minutes

As others approached the table, Alex downed the rest of his beer, and Logan addressed the crowd

Oh hell

“As many of you know, Sa the short time she’s been in our office, we’ve seen treed to do what no one has been able to do so far Of the twenty or so projects she’s been , one hundred percent of thenificant iement from our internal partners, and the response time from our software vendors has drastically i froers

“With that said, I’m sorry to say, but Samantha has chosen to take an opportunity outside of XTX”

Saasps from those closest to her, and a round of whispers fro everyone’s attention, “I have some fabulous news Many of you are familiar with me and my security firm, and I’m happy to say that, in recent days, I’ve actually acquired a business partner, who, unfortunately, couldn’t be here today to join in our celebration, but you’ll see him around XTX in the next couple of months And with that acquisition, CISS has decided to take our company to the next level In order to do that, we felt it was necessary to hire the talent who could take us there” Alex paused momentarily, probably for effect

Saan’s hand resting on her shoulder Having hi he supported her and stood by her A feeling she hadn’t known fro she hoped never ended

“I’m proud to announce that Sa us theforce necessary to achieve our strategic initiatives”

“Who’s going to replace Sah he tried to disguise it, Saain spoke, personally addressing Larry and the group standing closest to hinificant improvements we’ve seen recently, XTX has taken this as an opportunity to seek the help of an outside contractor What that e in your daily activity We’ve been fortunate enough to sign a contract with CISS which will guarantee for the next twenty four months, the help from their top Project Consultant”