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The food hit the table, and I started eating with one hand while checking work emails on thought people glued to their phones for work were just putting on a show.

It turned out that there really was an endless stream of stuff to deal with. Prejudice was really horrible.

“Victoria-” Ryan started.

“Call me Ms. Murphy,” I said without looking up.

Ryan nodded obediently. “Okay, Ms. Murphy. You

first. Work never ends.”

1 paused, looking up at him. “You’re pretty thoughtful

my phone with the other. Back when I wasn’t working fatwaye

Ryan looked a bit embarrassed and said quietly, “I just noticed you

weren’t eating much.”

I put my phone down and focused on my meal. That was when I noticed Ryan ate with a certain grace–slow and composed, totally different from those teenage boys i’d seen before who usually just wolfed down their food.

After we finished eating, Ryan suddenly stood up and ran off to pay

“Hey, let me get this!” I called out, waving him back.

Ryan was fast–he’d already paid

the check.

back in his seat. “Don’t worry about it, Ms. Murphy. If it weren’t for

type. I

lunch, we walked back to the office. That afternoon, I sent Ryan out

back on their word and jacked up the price by 30%. When I called to negotiate, they were polite but wouldn’t budge on

said, “Don’t worry, Ms.

pull some strings.”

I asked in

at that company. Maybe he

expecting much, but before nightfall, Ryan came back having pulled it off–and he even negotiated the price down by 30%. He really

get cocky about it, though. He just quietly went back to his seat

it got dark, I told Ryan to call it a day. He gave

to head out myself. When I stepped outside, I noticed quite a few cars sporting Shaville plates parked out front, and even one with a

every day, I always kept an eye on the cars around, so spotting all these out–of–town

ht me off guard.

the supermarket for some groceries. When I got back, Jared

stubbed out

saw me,

“Didn’t I tell you to call before you show up? What if

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paused, looking surprised. “Not convenient? What, are you

piss him off, but risking my own reputation