AllFreeNovel
Share Us
But if Mike felt uncomfortable with her, was it my place to judge? “You talked to HR?” I asked.
He never looked at me. “It’s not a big deal. But if she’s taking things too far...”
“Why would she go from dirty jokes to corporate sabotage?” I was missing something.
He kept his attention on Luke. “You wanted information about the situation here. I’m providing it.”
“Answer Anne’s question,” Luke said.
I appreciated the support, but not that it had to be offered. If my face was red now, it was thanks to the irritation flickering inside.
Mike rolled his eyes. “I don’t know why Billie would fuck us all out of our jobs because we didn’t like a few of her pussy jokes. Maybe you should ask her.”
“You’re the one making the suppositions. I’m asking you.” I let anger slide into my tone.
“And I gave you an answer. What are you pissed about?”
Being ignored. Talked down to. Hearing another female programmer take the blame out of the gate. Was I in the wrong?
The moment the question popped into my head, I wanted to flatten it with a mallet, but it was here now and it wasn’t leaving. Would I have put up the same kind of opposition if he’d been talking about one of the guys on the team? Did that make me the bad guy?
“That’s all I needed to know.” I kept the self-doubt out of my retort and stared at my screen, trying to force my brain to stop sabotaging me.
“Thanks for the info. Keep us both posted,” Luke said. “Wait,” he added, when Mike reached for the door. “Anne’s right to ask.”
“Of course she is.” Mike left.
I liked that Luke had my back, but now that I was questioning things, his support got tacked onto the list. Why wouldn’t he take my side? He was trying to fuck me.
He would have backed me up anyway.
But he’s been watching me a lot longer than I realized. Because I’m shit at reading a situation.
Not true.
Isn’t it?
Best thing to do when my mind was plotting to undo me like this was focus on coding. Something I tended to get right, because I could follow a list of rules and not have to interpret anything. No more people decisions for me.
