The only bright spot was Marcus. She saw him in the morning when he came to pick up his lunch, and at the store she bought apples and bananas that he could eat on his way to school to supplement his breakfast. Her encounters with Hilton were more difficult. She tried to ke...
Vivian didn’t understand it. The company’s upcoming merger with another, larger manufacturer hadn’t even been announced yet. How did everyone know about it? There was a knock on her office door, and the head bookkeeper of accounts payable asked in that nasal tone that gave...