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Hope

I pulled ht, stupid sh the autolass doors

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“Dammit,” I said

A wohter and ushered her quickly past me The evil look poured out of her narrowed brown eyes

“Shit,” I said, shaking my head “Sorry”

I’d ed to make it worse

The wohter away from my potty mouth If she had to deal hat I had to put up with over the last two days, she’d probably understand

I stood there infor Tori’s car I’d only been outside of the building for two minutes when someone tapped me on the shoulder

“Hope,” Marcie, my supervisor, said “Can we talk?”

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I was exhausted, and the last thing I wanted to do after waiting on people on a long flight was talk to Marcie We were back froined I was one of the people in the seats ready to enjoy a long vacation on the beach Instead, I was the one walking up and down the small aisles to make sure everyone was comfortable

Marcie’s office was near the lass walls, but I sent her a quick e that I had to have a quick talk with my supervisor

It wasn’t a probleh, because Tori was still fifteen minutes away She claimed she was stuck in traffic, but I was fairly certain she forgot she had to pick me up

Marcie closed her office door and flashed estured at the chair in front of her giant desk “Please, have a seat”

I rolledin front of the chair as if it were my shield I sat down and looked around the room nervously as she walked to the other side of her desk

There was a photograph of a young girl dressed in red and wearing pigtails with cute little bows at the ends She looked happy, but I wasn’t sure how she could have been with Marcie for a mother

Marcie was hard Tough She didn’t put up with anything, which hy I was pretty sure she could see the sweat collecting under h the thick fabric of my uniform