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I flashed her an easy se I wasn’t htest “Don’t worry about it I’”

She nervously tucked her hair behind her ear “Yeah, thatto—” She shook her head “No, I’ to make any excuses What I said was totally out of line I’m sorry”

There we go I liked that—no trying to wiggle her way out of it, full responsibility all the way

I opened e my words before they came out

“How about we talk in your office? Might be a better venue for this kind of conversation than the break rooot a lot you want to talk about”

“Yeah Let’s do that”

She formed up at my side, and ere off Neither of us said a word as we h the office Out of the corner of ested she wasn’t convinced she hadn’t shot herself in the foot as far as her new boss was concerned

We stopped in front of a door, her na a word, she opened it up and we stepped inside

The office was iood size, nice view of the East River and Brooklyn beyond I stepped into the space and let out a slohistle of approval

“Nice digs You’ve really moved up in the world” I stopped at her desk then turned around and sat on the edge “Bet we can get you into so a little nicer once the buyout’s done”

She glanced ate she wasn’t thrilled withon her workspace

“We’ve got chairs for that, you know”

“Ah Sorry—got a little too comfortable”

“Yeah You don’t own the place quite yet”

I hopped off the desk and slid into one of the cri area “Technically,the place But he prefers to sit behind desks, not on them”

She wordlessly dropped into one of the chairs—no doubt she had a hell of a lot on her mind Moments passed before she finally spoke