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tings with potential clients and the ad execs in charge of the various clients. I always had a lot of balls in the air, but

for the sportswear company later toda

my hea

, which felt a little strange, but she would have sl

id, pushing a button and retur

ed, watching her g

ttorney. He says

ouldn’t be good.

know if you need anything,” she said befor

Bob,” I said, pic

we need

what he wanted to talk about. It was

l trying to figure out how I want to pr

l, which as you know, was extremely detailed. Y

d his strict adherence to rules. “I

n’t. I didn’t kno

almost afraid to hea

hat he was hedging put me on edge. I leaned forward, putting m

iscuss in person,” he said. Then

g him to ask me to stop b

about

I realized he was extremely serious. “I

e said and hun

s before buzzing Lena. “I need you to

use

my sc

u be bac

can for later in the week

said, soundi

was happening, but the sense of doom I felt couldn’t be ignored. I could

he building, using every inch of my six-foot, thr

ecting the light from above as he read a piece of paper. He looked up when I came in, pushed his wire-

ed, sitting across from

d known him since I was young. I didn’t fe

ked when I saw a note about an additional clause. Now, I want you to know this is his doing, not

out to tell me something that

l it,

ou must be married or engaged by your birt

my head.