Revenge In A Suit & Tie

e definitive moment at which they knew they were living a nightmare. It could be something catastroph

ble, drizzly Tuesday as the old, chewed up phone

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ng on the edge of the bed. The coldness of hardwood white oak floor

are doing?" Zachary hissed. "You think you're b

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d just disintegrate in my hand; no such luck. Zachary k

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hand hovered above the screen for a moment, quaking. A

ix months ago. But today's words had a timbre and sharpness, they were meaner than bef

p me, they

med it shut. I squeezed my eyes closed, breathing deep through my nose like

ws abo

thinks

on Cross. Nothing real, anyway. I wasn't sleeping my way t

he thought g

Would the whispers start in the offic

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e skin. Hair li

rate shark like Damon Cross. I didn't even look like the kind

omeone who was

it. I pressed my arms around myself, shivering even though the apartm

probabl

robably

could rebuild my life

ower lip, hard, un

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to

le living with him, while his words were in tandem with slamming doors, s

s couch, eating instant noodles and not crying as the te

survive

surviv

hands found first--a white blouse and a blue pencil skirt. The clothing

as made of something stro

y hands as the drizzle turned my hair into limp strings. The city buzzed and groaned around m

burrowed my shoulde

g myself it d

elf I didn't care

wo women whispering to each other, their eyes dart

, I told

ust pa

d things seem inevitable. If he is willing to insinuate

ough, imagine something worse gn

hest as if it might explode like a shaken soda can. I barely paid attention to the polished marb

ention to the rec

on getting to the

nd pressed the button for the thirty-fourth floor. My reflectio

wed closed wi

the three words that had rece

are e

the eleva

nts rushed in and out with reams of paper, coffee cups, and other items. Pho

e hall, like a dark prince survey

had ran his fingers through his dark hair just enough so it looked tousled but

oment h

oze

ep calculation that I had grown used to. Th

ght have someone

bee lined my way to my desk, ignoring t

noticed by Dam

ford to be not

o memorize my emails. My fingers were

er of my eye, I

g the h

irectly t

my chest. I hunched over my screen, typing nothing more

he di

irectly besi

w enough for only me to

o look up and mee

eyes. No suspicion. Just... an eve

stomach

a quiet, behind-closed-door reprimand. It could be a demotion. It could

stiffly a

el and started striding to his office, his

palms sweaty an

chair of the desk like I was in front of a judge ab

y, chest warm, lips sealed, sharp objects logging the pathway

ounce of control in my body. So, I quaked all I wanted as long as it was inside me. All it requ

ld peel off the wood forming the seat's arms, knowi

ond topics would be, reveal what bount

having also hoped my throat didn't feel like it

ind wished to witness, and based u

discomfort by deleting whatever was poised in front of me and spiraling in

dented precision. End of lesson number two. Al together with the rest of the class just couldn't help but looking at me through the small window as I desperately waved my arms about in an attempt to convince him of my innocence to the actual situation too, and was instantly locked inside. Despi

ope with suspected baggage.", he c

ny modern-day algo even while scrolling oblivious to whatever reasoning. Mainstream fabrics fell flat painting themselves into a

ld feel his piercing gaze hypnotizing the back of me a

ackled, however before doing so, l

nth contains a lie in it. What could be my fate for this new job again, h