“Let me down?You didn’t let me down.”
“Oh please, I fucked up royally.You should just fire me.”
Kerry frowned and then looked at the card she was holding before making eye contact with me again.
“Emma—”
“No really, you should fire me.First, I was an absolute disaster during the entire project, and now the article that went out regarding the foundation should be the final straw.”
“Emma—”
“Seriously, Kerry, I should be packing a box, not sitting here writing my out-of-office notification for the holidays.”
“Would you?—”
“Let you finish.Sure, here, I’ll just finish it for you.Thanks, Emma, for the work, continue writing the out-of-office, you’ll be employed until the balance of the forty thousand dollars you donated is repaid, and then you will need to find another job.The Image Hackers are ruined?—”
Kerry walked into my office and slammed the card down on my desk.I looked down to see the words Thank You, written on the front of the card.Then I paused and looked up at Kerry.
“What’s that?”I questioned.
“That, my dear, is a thank you card from Kent and Guy Larson.They wrote to say thank you for doing such an outstanding job.I’d figured you’d want to see it, along with this,” she said, placing a check down on my desk.
“What is that?”I asked.
“That is a thank you.”
I shook my head, still not understanding.
“It’s your tip.”
I looked down at the figure that was written on it and swallowed hard.“You’re lying.”
“No, well, part of it is your tip, part of it is to go back to repaying your debt with the company.The rest is yours to keep.”
I frowned looking back down at the check.“Wait, where did this come from?”
“What do you mean?”
“Well, mail call was over eight hours ago, and I know you’ve been locked in your office all day.”
Kerry smiled at me and shrugged.“Maybe you should head on out to the lobby.”
“Why?”I questioned.
“Well, because I think there is someone who’d like to see you.”
“Who?”I questioned.
“You’ll see.”She winked at me and left my office without saying another word.
I mademy way through the dark office, my laptop bag slung over my shoulder, and stepped into the lobby.At first, I didn’t think anyone was there and was about to go find Kerry, when I heard a voice in the hallway.I stepped out the main door surprised to see Dylan and Aurora standing against the railing.
“Hey!What are you doing here?”I questioned, smiling as I hugged each of them.
Honestly, I’d hoped it would be Colton, but given the circumstances, I completely understood why he wasn’t here.He probably never wanted to speak to me again.
“Hey, Emma, good to see you.We were asked to bring over the thank you card, and we wanted to see you before we made our way back to the hotel.”
