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It's not the end of the world, I promised myself as I dialed tech support Tech support pro as I stayed at lanced at my watch It was almost lunch time My performance revieas scheduled for after lunch and then I would be on my way to dinner with my little sister The day still had so much opportunity

“All this bad stuff is just so the good stuff will outweigh it later,” I told s, but ive up on tech support and get my lunch, a very frazzl

ed looking couy arrived

“Sorry, I'ized “This place is a maze”

“It gets everyone turned around the first couple of times” With the way the cubicles and tables were set up, people were always getting lost “I' on,” I said handing hi buttons and with every passing minute, the frown on his face deepened

“I' “But, your laptop is toast”

I wanted to bang ainst the table This was not my day

“So there's no way to retrieve the letter I orking on?” I asked hopefully The lawyer needed it in an hour If I had to rewrite it completely, I wouldn't have time for lunch before my review

“I'uy shook his head

“What about the other files on there? I have a lot of work stored on that thing” Panic made my voice squeak a little I had months of data and open cases on that computer

“I'll be able to salvage that with some equipment in my office,” he assured me “Since this is a fir it up for you I'et that done, though”

“Thank you” I tried to sound grateful, but it was hard I hated the loaner co on one He nodded and hurried aith ot to work as quickly as I could

I finished the letter and handed it off just in time to make it to my revieent to Calvin's office and said a little prayer before knocking on his door This was the part of

The door opened just as I raisedon Alexa instead of the door

“Holy crap, Lena,” Alexa shouted as she stepped back like I had actually hit her “What's your problem?”

“I'to see Calvin”

She glared at ner suit across her slim hips Alexa Jones was fresh out of law school and for whatever reason, she hated irl her fiance dumped her for, but I couldn't believe someone as educated as she was could be that shallow All I kneas that she despised me

“I'll see you later tonight, Calvin” Alexa gave Calvin a sweet sedme wince, but she didn't even look back

As a paralegal, my revieith my supervisor, Calvin Abrams He was a Jr Associate as expected to make the move upstairs to Sr Associate by the end of the year He was in charge of al, as well as the new hire associates I liked him, and up until the time Alexa joined the staff, he had liked me

For two years, I had been Calvin's go-to girl Then, six ed between us He stopped asking for er went to court with him as a second chair I was not a lawyer, and thus I suddenly was of no use to him

“Coet started,” Calvin said, not looking up fro fro on Alexa's face He pulled out a file with my name on it and placed it neatly on the desk “I'd like to make this as quick as possible for both of us”

I nodded eagerly and set co ith me

“I have some concerns about your performance, Lena” Calvin frowned at the papers in front of him There was a tension in the room that shouldn't have been there This was supposed to be an easy revieith a prettynervous “Alexa asked you to assist her with the Preston case discovery She said you told her no, and that you weren't polite about it It is your job to assist the lawyers here, Lena I know you don't get along with Alexa, but if she asks you to do so, you need to do it”