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“I’m not here to see him,” Lana says, shortly as she walks towards me.
I clench my fist in my lap, watching her.
She slams a paper on my desk. “What is this?”
She hasn’t raised her voice but there’s a coldness to it that grips me by the throat.
I look at the contents of the paper.
Bank transactions.
“You spent over five thousand dollars on clothes and shoes, four days ago. Care to explain that?”
My voice is stuck somewhere in my throat, “I – I was with Mr. Starr. He said—”
Lana looks even more displeased if possible. “This is company money, Miss West. If you want to play dress-up with Caleb, don’t—”
“That’s enough, Lana,” a harsh voice says from the side.
If I had thought that Caleb had looked furious before, now he looks positively livid, his anger something cold and dark.
“Why are you harassing my assistant?” He takes a step forward.
Suddenly, I’m scared. Not for myself, but for Lana. I try to intervene, “It’s nothing, Mr.—”
He snaps at me, “Stay out of this, Kendall!”
The phrase and the manner in which he says it is suddenly so familiar that I’m desperately trying to place it. Where have I—?
My train of thought is broken when Oliver’s voice comes from behind Caleb, “What’s going on, Lana?”
Lana, however, doesn’t seem to be very afraid of Caleb and she picks up the paper from my desk and waves it in the air. “Your assistant seems to be under the impression that company money is hers to squander as she sees fit!”
My face flushes with humiliation and I lower my head as even Lucas comes out to see what’s going on.
Caleb snatches the paper from her and after one quick look, he asks, with a raised brow, “This is why you’re here? It’s none of your fucking business what she spends the money on. If someone should be raising an alarm, it should be the accounting department, not you.”
Lana crosses her arms across her chest and gives him a steady look. “They did. They brought it to my attention and I—”
“And you decided to get in Miss West’s face, to do what, exactly? What are you trying to prove here, Lana?” His voice is soft and deadly and even Lana looks wary.
Oliver steps out from behind Caleb and comes to stand between them. “I think we should all calm down.” He’s watching his wife with an annoyed look.
“I think,” Caleb says, his eyes still on Lana. “That Lana and I need to have a chat. And before that, I ran across Miss West and I was the one who forced her to go to the upend stores, just something I want to clear in case you have any other accusations. And Miss West is not a company employee, Lana. That means you have no jurisdiction over her.”
I’m not? I blink in surprise at this news.
“Lana…” Oliver gives her a warning look.
She stiffens. “Fine.” She marches into the office.
Both Oliver and Lucas follow suit.
The door closes with a quiet snick behind them all.
I don’t see Lana for a few days after the incident and I hear she’s gone for two weeks on her honeymoon.
Those few days are spent fielding phone calls, setting up appointments, and basically managing the desk. Things seem relatively easy and it bothers me that, while the expectations of the demands of this job are high, Caleb hasn’t given me any solid work.
