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“Do you want anything to drink?” I asked, walking into the kitchen I stopped in front of the fridge and tugged the door open, leaning in to check “There’s beer, but that belongs to Dad We have juice, too, they’reto share with you There’s wine, too, if you’d rather have that”

Howard shrugged, unconcerned “Just give ”

“I’ water,” I clarified

“Then bring me water,” he said simply

I got a pair of glasses from the cupboard and poured water for the both of us, then went back to the living roolass on the small coffee table for his beneath me as I took a sip of my water

“You look exhausted,” Howard said

I smiled wanly “Is it that obvious? I’ve had a shit day, is all Not the worst by far, but it was pretty terrible”

“What happened?”

I looked at him curiously He seemed to be really concerned about this, and I smiled I had friends, of course, but they were all busy with their own lives while I was still trying to get a career off the ground, so I didn’t get to see the soood

“I had a couple interviews to go to today,” I admitted

His eyebrows ju for a position on a different teaht?”

“Yeah, I was looking into other tea h tie his h to him?”

“I’ to be a lot harder for me, at least you have a chance to speak to hihter I’d really hoped we could work for the same team”

“That would have been nice, huh,” Ia deal as you think So, what if I can talk to him if he won’t listen to me? It’s absolutely pointless, isn’t it? That’s why I was trying to h”

I finished lass on the table Then I picked up the re between us on the couch and turned on the TV I set it to some music channel and left the volume low

“So, how did the interviews go?”

“You don’t sound very enthusiastic to hear about it,” I accused