Chapter 61

• By the time I returned to the office, my nerves had smoothed into something closer to stillness, but inside, a storm continued to brew. The hallway buzzed with the low hum of office life phones ringing, footsteps pacing, muffled conversations. I needed to blend in. No suspicion. No lingering eyes.
• Callie caught me the moment I stepped through the doorway.
• "Hey," she said, swiveling in her chair with the precision of someone who had been waiting. Her glossy lips curved into a smile. "Where'd you disappear to? I didn't see you at the cafeteria."