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Good She’s choosing to fight uilt for what I’al document can make or break a case You could sink an entire claim with just one poorly chosen word It’s a lesson you desperately need, and I’ to make sure you learn it Furtherain ”

Mac’s face turns scarlet, and I can tell she wants to lay in toup from her chair, she places her pal to the docu coer out on me when it’s not deserved ”

Shooting out of my chair, I place my palms opposite of hers on the desk, and doin toward her I keepthe knife in more If she thinks this isn’t personal, but trulywill be er out on you I’ you that your work product is poor Learn the difference ”

Mac’s eyes fill with rage, turning those green irises dark as a le Her voice rises perilously close to a shriek “This is not poor work product This is you, desperately trying to find some fault with my work so you can punish me ”

“Punish you?” I say with derision as I pull the document out of her hand “Why would I possibly do that?”

“Because I cut you off, and you can’t handle the rejection,” she jeers at me

I throw h she’s fking hitting the nail on the head My eyes spark with malice when I look back at her “Get over yourself, Mac You were replaced and forgotten just like that ”

I even snap ot over her

Well, supposedly got over her

She’ll never know I’m without direction, utterly lost

Tears glisten in Mac’s eyes and she practically hisses at rabs the document back out ofto deserve this ”

Nothing to deserve this?

All of this… all of e, and hurt, and out-of-control behavior is all because of her Indignation burns deep in my stomach

Mac spins away from me and heads forstrides before I have her by the elbow and I’ her toward me

Pulling her in close so I’ a fk if anyone hearsdenied me ”

All of the anger in Mac’s eyes dies down i annoyance reo soft and she looks at … maybe sympathy It makes my stomach knot up

Her voice is so very quiet… al, Matt I simply asked for more ”

Her words slaehammer and driven it into the center of h et dizzy for a moment and drop her elbow

I lower aze from her face, because I don’t think I can stand to look at the woman who inherently understands me, even when I don’t understand myself