[If you fancy hitting the shops, I'm gto tag along.]

She texted another message, though she knew full well Carol would likely decline.

[No worries, I'm actually doing okay. Maja just rangup too, but she's swamped as usual. Anyway, I've got my own stuff to deal

with here. Gotta go.]

[Alright, you go handle your business.]

Zoey set her phone down, glancing around the office.

She'd been pulling all-nighters for the past two days, and hadn't gone back home, barely taking tto crash in the break room,

freshen up, and change into a clean set of clothes before diving back into the grind.

Now that she had a moment to breathe, her eyes felt like sandpaper.

There was a knock on the door, and in cElvis, clutching a stack of papers. Spotting Zoey still at her desk, his face registered

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"Have you not gone hin two days?"

"Yeah, I've been trying to clear the deck of this month's backlog."

Elvis furrowed his brow with concern, "Zoey, Ms. Pennyfeather didn't expect you to work yourself to the bone like this. By the time

she gets back, you'll be running on fumes."

Zoey didn't respond, standing up with a playful tone, "Fine, I'll head hto rest now. The paperwork I've finished is on the left -

take a gander when you get a chance."

expected her to agree so readily

Zoey headed out - not towards hbut to the local bar. She needed to find

had gotten into; she wanted

before that the Miller family were in hot water, having caught wind of it even before the

the bar. She had his number saved, but

response, "Who's this?"

"Tyler, it's me, Zoey."

at Fitch, who

with Fitch since returning

at every

with

her feelings once before heading abroad, faced

potential union by marriage with Fitch, she'd

company gave her a sense of

rebuffed, it didn't matter to her - no other woman

often posing as Fitch's girlfriend. Fitch didn't bother to correct

advances.

if Fitch desired marriage, both the Stapleton family and the

were well-acquainted.

here, still carrying a torch for Fitch? Wendy

chuckled, "What can I

the bar tonight. Mind if I swing by for a

clear as day. She must have hit a dead-end with Fitch -

up

drink. Is it okay if

had to find out what was going on with Carol. If something had happened to

Zoey, she looked up, her eyes flashing with derision.

still had the

Zoey with

at Fitch to gauge

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