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“As every sad Texas song says, goodbye isn’t always easy”
I laugh and shake my head “Not all us Texans love country music, but my horse is parked outside I hope you don’t mind?”
He grins “Sense of humor I approve, but I still can’t disclose information on any employee’s departure”
“I suppose that wouldn’t be appropriate of you, but …” I hesitate, then ask, “if you were ga here in a year, ould you say my odds are?”
“I’a man, I’d presume he feels you have what it takes to do the job and stay around”
“Right Okay Thanks” A blast of e to let hi how needy I aiven me It’s that “alone” word Mr Ward used It has inched its way under my skin and stayed there
“Kali”
I pause at lance over my shoulder at Terrance “Yes?”
“He’d go without help rather than settle for less than the best”
Relief washes over me, and my lips curve into a smile “Thank you”
A few h escapes froa to look at my career in a neay because of hi to a relationship I’ve had in a very long time
I stop by the grocery store on the way to the hotel I checked in to upon arriving in Vegas last night It’s nearly nine when I enter my se, heavy on the microwave dinners Even if I wanted to win a h his stoour ht up until puberty, when I had to start watching just how much I sampled
By nine-thirty I’ve already showered and changed into sweats, eaten a microwave dinner, and looked up the bus schedule I was considering letting go ofthe cash I had set aside for a used car Instead, I decide to hang on to the rental for a fewcoet into an apartment before the holiday
It’s nearing eleven when I snuggle into bed with my laptop and a cup of instant hot cider Like Mr Ward’s cologne, the cider reood times they ith my mother And while it makes the hotel room a little more like home, I cannot help but think about all that has happened since I lost her If she were still here, things would be so different I would be different
Determined to prepare for tole my new boss and discover that his first name is Damion Even theage of thirty-two, he has been in the position of CEO for nearly two years What isn’t sexy is the scandal around how he got the job Apparently he’d been consulting for the board of directors and personally recommended the termination of the ex-CEO; he even took part in its execution So, as he’d then taken the position in the interi to full-time