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finding another job in her field. She went to school for four years and got a
degree and she wanted to put it to good use.”
“That’s strange, because she told me that the jobs in her field were pretty
sparse and since the way to get in was mostly through volunteering, there
was no way she’d quit this job anytime soon. She also told me that out of all
the jobs she’s ever worked, this was by far her favorite.”
“People change their minds all the time.” Kiera narrowed her eyes just so
that her left one couldn’t twitch. Why had she never noticed that it did that?
“They don’t just disappear. That wasn’t Romi.”
“Well—”
“I noticed, when I looked at the check book yesterday when you ran out
to do a couple errands, that there was one for Romi. It said ‘severance pay’
on the bottom.”
Kiera swivelled so hard in her chair, trying to leap out of it, that it nearly
tossed her straight over the right side of it. “Wynn! Why would you—are
you…are you checking up on me?”
“I actually noticed it by accident. I was looking for the date stamp that
you keep in here since the one at the front broke and we use it for the
receipts, seeing as we use an ancient register and everything gets
handwritten. The book was open. Right to the page. I wasn’t snooping. I
just happened to see it.”
“My left eye doesn’t twitch, does it?” Kiera tucked her shaking hands
under the desk so Wynn couldn’t notice that.
“No. I already knew you’d written her a severance check. I was just
hoping I didn’t have to bring that up. I thought if I mentioned the eye, you
would just come out and tell me whatever it is that’s going on. You used to
trust me with things. More than work things. You used to talk to me like I
was a father or a grandfather. What’s happened?”
Kiera glanced at the close door. Suddenly her eyes were stinging and her
throat was on its way to swelling completely shut. The door wasn’t locked.
