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“She said you haven’t helped her with anything.” He paused. “Hmmm. I see. Okay, that makes perfect sense.”
Ending the call, he looked at me.
“He says that he gave you detailed instructions and encouraged you to record notes on your phone. He also said he specifically mentioned the Robyn files to you and wanted to give you an entire week to work alone to see how much you get done.”
Oh my god, he’s lying.I bit my tongue.
“Mr. Hamilton, I think that Mr. Carter is…” I didn’t have any proof he was trying to sabotage me, but Ifeltit. “I promise you that Mr. Carter did not mention anything about any Robyn files. I wrote down everything he told me, and that’s not there.”
“So, you expect me to takeyourword over the man I’ve been working with foryears? Are you calling him a liar?”
“No, I’m just saying that—”
“That was a rhetorical question,” he interrupted. “You have an hour to show me something, and you should be thanking Mr. Carter for giving you time to adjust to things here. Get busy, Miss Tanner.”
FALSE IMPRISONMENT (N.)
DEPRIVING SOMEONE OF FREEDOM OF MOVEMENT BY HOLDING A PERSON IN A CONFINED SPACE OR BY PHYSICAL RESTRAINT
DAMIEN
One week later
“Jessica?” I called her line over lunch.
“Yes?”
“Why is there a goddamn kitten walking around my office?”
“Huh?”
“There’s a grey and white cat looking at me likeI’min the wrong place.”
“Be there in two seconds.” She hung up.
The cat jumped onto my desk and hissed. The lavender collar around his neck read, “Elliot Stabler.”
“Oh,thatcat.” Jessica stepped inside and scooped him into her arms. “Some guy dropped that off for Miss Tanner this morning. I think he was her boyfriend.”
“So, she does have aboyfriend?”
“Actually, I think he’s her ex.” She lowered her voice. “He dropped off a box of other stuff and called her an ‘ungrateful cunt’ on his way out. I’ll have to get all the tea on that later.”
“She hasn’t quit yet?”
“Shockingly, no.” She petted the kitten. “I’ve made the interns add new files to her table every hour like you asked, though. Want me to stop?”
“No. Double it.”
“You have cases and clients to meetoutsidethe office soon,” she said. “You can’t keep Miss Tanner in the file tomb forever.
“Let’s give it one more week and see.”
INCOMPATIBLE (ADJ.)
1) INCONSISTENT. 2) UNMATCHING. 3) UNABLE TO LIVE TOGETHER AS HUSBAND AND WIFE DUE TO IRRECONCILABLE DIFFERENCES
ELIZABETH
