Celeste
My phone buzzed on my desk, the minute I picked his hard voice beat my ear.
“My office… Now!”
And the line went dead.
Two words.
I knew of course I knew he had found out. Why else would he call me back in right after he left my office.
He’d had time to hear the gossip to get a report. My blood felt like ice in my veins.
I got up from my desk my legs were weak as I walked and Margaret didn’t look at me this time.
She just kept typing but I felt her awareness like a physical thing.
She knew trouble was coming.
I walked to his office door I didn’t knock. I just turned the handle and pushed it open.
He wasn’t at his desk.
He was standing by the window his back to me completely still.
“Close the door,” he ordered his voice was low and quiet. It made every hair on my
