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They’re not “Give Wendy Grishaical She’d be a good choice to replace me”

“Yeah, okay I’ll look at her But can’t you and Sloan can work so up your job?”

“Not if she’s ever going to believe that I’ll put her above everything and everyone in my life That’s especially true of you No offense, buddy, but this ave me”

“You did”

“And I kept co to bend Reservoir—and her—to s were I was an asshole”

A little smile skitters across Evan’s face “If it’s any consolation, I think h the asshole phase I did”

I remember “And you had to show Nia that you were one-hundred-percent willing to give up everything for her”

His grimace tellsto miss you around the office, buddy”

That chokesup working side by side with my best friend of a decade Sure, I can find another position elsewhere I ignore headhunters and turn down other opportunities all the time

Not working with Evan anymore will leave a hole in my professional and personal life But the last week has proven that doing without Sloan will crush me

“I know I’ll miss you, too”

“But I understand why you need to do this”

I’rateful “I owe you so much I—”

“You don’t,” Evan insists

“You’rewe’ve done professionally, we’ve done together You believed in rad You trusted me with every cent you had in the world”