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“You sound jaded. And, um… Happy in a strange kind of way.”
I sigh.
“I’m not happy,” I say quietly.
Shit.
That was a slip of the tongue.
“I am happy. I’m just that I’m a little tired.”
“So, which one is it?”
“I’m happy. I’m good. But these two days have been really intense.”
“I can imagine. What is Shauna’s crush up to?”
Shauna’s crush. Shauna’s crush… I have no idea what she’s talking about.
“Robert Walker…” she says.
“Oh. Yeah… You talked to her?”
“She called me last night.”
“How is she?”
“She’s fine. She doesn’t want to get back together with him. I said more power to her.”
I push upright, thinking feverishly.
“Uh… No, no. I don’t think it’s good.”
“What are you talking about? You said it yourself. You wanted more in your life that she had gotten from him.”
“Yeah, yeah… I said that. But things are not that simple.”
Thoughts clash in my head. I want Shauna to be happy. I want her to be free.
But I’m convinced her breakup will have repercussions. She might quit or get fired, and I’m new at this job.
She is the only person I know there, aside from my boss.
I don’t know how my relationship with Kai will evolve and if we’ll have a cordial working relationship at work.
Maybe he’ll make my life a living hell.
I don’t know. There are other people in the firm I could learn from, but she is much more than a coworker to me.
I consider her a friend.
“Yes…?” Giana murmurs. “Is there something I don’t know?”
“Other than she is the only person I know at my new job?”
“You are on good terms with your boss.”
“Yeah… That. Well. I can’t rely on my relationship with him. Anyway. I don’t want him to baby me. Shauna could show me the ropes.”
