Page 104 of Pick Six
“She’s a smart one.” He grins at me. “Yeah, I’ll go.”
Tobias is going with me.
Good. I quit today.
What?!
I stare at my phone. Given how important her job is to her, everything she’s been trying to do to come up with a way to save it these last few months it’s hard to believe.
This way Drew and his father can’t use it against me. There’s a board meeting tonight. I’m guessing his father will have something to say to me.
Well, we can tell the whole family to go fuck themselves now.
Too bad his mother can’t be there to point out how bad my food is.
Fuck her. Your food is delicious.
But what are you doing for work then?
You have to say that.
Joss and I are going to band together to start the non-profit we talked about.
I raise a brow at my phone. I’d only spent a few hours near Joss, and I can only imagine the two of them together running a company. I guess they’d have a spectrum of personalities and talents.
Oh yeah?
Yeah. I’m excited. I’ll miss the museum, but I think it’ll be good. Tell you more later.
Okay. Love you.
Love you.
* * *
An hourlater I’m walking into Drew’s office just as he’s getting ready to leave for the day. His secretary tries to wave me off at the front desk, but I tell her he’ll make time for me. He looks up just then from the glass door of his office, his face going hard when he sees me and Tobias standing there.
He opens the door and looks at me. “Can I help you?”
“We need to talk.”
“And you needed company?”
“He’s here to make sure I don’t do anything stupid.”
“Harper told you then.” His jaw tightens.
I walk to his office door, staying in the hall and Tobias lurks behind me, keeping his distance but staying close enough to keep things civil if he needs to.
“Harper told me the day you showed up at her work. I’ve known this whole fucking time. I just had to make a few calls first.”
“Whatever you think you’re going to do, I promise you. It won’t work.”
“It will.”
“I’m sure you’ll figure out a way to clean up the mess eventually, but in the meantime you and she both will be out of a job.”
“She already quit her job. I already have a new agent who’s fully informed of the situation. I’ve given him everything he needs. I just came by to tell you you’re fired.”
