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“Shall we all get back to our day?” Dalessandra asked with a smile.
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Everyone
Gola: Girl, why am I Dominic Russo’s new acting assistant? Did you spell something out in his breakfast burrito?
Ruth: The entire office is whispering right now! Most popular rumors: Ally punched Dominic in the face. Dominic told his mother that it was him or you, she chose you, and now he’s packing.
Gola: Can confirm that Boss Man is NOT packing. Repeat. Not packing. Also, he knows my name.
Ruth: Video footage from the admin pool shows Malina sharpening her claws in anticipation of a new hunt.
Gola: I’m concerned. There hasn’t been an Ally sighting on this floor since she left Dalessandra’s office.
Ruth: You don’t think she’s dead in a ditch somewhere, do you? Did Malina finally snap?
Gola: ALLY, WHERE ARE YOU? DO YOU NEED ASSISTANCE?
Ruth: I’ll check the stairwells.
Gola: I’ll check my old stomping grounds… AKA the 42nd floor.
Ruth: Ally sighting report! Sources confirm she just took a desk in the graphics department!
Gola: Is she happy? Crying? Does she look like she’s being held against her will?
Ruth: Stand by for confirmation…
Ally: You guys! I lost my phone in my meager box of possessions that I’ve packed and unpacked four times since I started here. Everything is fine. I’ve been reassigned because…*going through a tunnel*
Gola: ?
Ruth: Don’t you do the fade away thing on us! We will hunt you down in Graphics and make you spill everything!
Ally: Hehe. I was just messing with you. Ladies, I’d like you two to be the first to know that Dominic Russo and I are…
Gola: Going to jail?
Ruth: Being fired for embezzlement?
Gola: Donating your paychecks to a worthy cause?
Ruth: Moving to Kentucky to start a bourbon distillery?
Ally: Dating.
Ally: OMG! Ruth, was that you screaming?
Ruth: Oops. You heard that? I got your text in the stairwell. It was more of a squeal.
Gola: Dominic just came out and asked me if I was okay because I choked on my green juice when I read your text. He almost tried to clear my airway. Then he told me I should probably start calling him Dominic.
Ruth: Now we really need to go for drinks tonight.
Gola: Drinks after dance? Count me in.
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