I didn’t have much to say to Rin; the only thing I was really interested in was where Cal had gone, and the way she was fawning over me was making it difficult for me to concentrate.
I was right that Rin had already found somebody to replace me - the young woman was brimming with confidence as she breezed into the room and I saw Rin cringe because it was awkward for her to introduce us.
I didn’t really care - I thought it was interesting that this was the woman she had chosen to replace me, though. She was a Roman woman and I don’t think she could have been more different to me from the moment she strode into the room.
She was a woman who captured attention, and spoke with her head held high because she was beautiful, and she knew that.
She would have been a far more appropriate repla
