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“Duly noted,” lass fro hihter, okay?”

“Got it,” he replies, and the door shuts

My CHAPTER 23MalikCorinne stares, tapping her pen against her notepad

I return it, druh

I’, and I’ve just told her so Didn’t waste any tiht o’clock Monday , either

“Okay,” she drawls, sweeping her hand toward me, palm up “Why don’t you present a case to me about why I should release you today And don’t bullshit nize it a mile away”

She sure as shit didn’t need to tellrelationship Corinne wasn’t going to be fooled with truht and been cured of my demons

Settling into my chair, I take a deep breath and let it out What do I say to this woman to convince her that I’m ready to return to full duty? I close ainst the wall behind my chair, and ponder for a moment more

I really have coiven istics of how everything went down Clearly, I’roup that went to Syria who questioned my own culpability in Ji but praise my efforts I’ve had Jile ounce of blame on me

More i about ress, despite my still-as-of-yet unconquered concerns over the bro-code violations

And yet, when I open my eyes and let them land on Corinne, all I can say with any certainty is, “I’m not sure I’ll ever be one-hundred percent convinced there wasn’t so more I could have done to save Jimmy and Sal”

While it feels like an ad about hten in her chair before leaning forward slightly, as if eager to hear es