|Katherine|
“Miss… Katherine.”
The sound of my name, spoken with a certain polite clarity, cut through the hum of chatter in the break room. My head turned toward the doorway, along with every other pair of eyes at our table.
Standing a few steps away was Billy.
“Hello, Sir Billy!” Nilo greeted brightly, his voice followed by a chorus of equally cheerful hellos from the rest of my teammates. It was hard not to notice how quickly the boys lit up around him. Billy had that kind of easy, approachable presence—the complete opposite of Javier’s sharp, intimidating aura.
Kylie had once told me that everyone in the department liked Billy, but that didn’t mean they didn’t exploit that friendliness. Whenever something about Javier needed smoothing over—especially the kind of thing that could o
