[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."

her to agree so readily

not towards hbut to the local

wasn't about whatever mess Fitch had gotten into;

had hinted before that the Miller family were in hot water, having caught wind

Tyler as she approached the bar. She had his number

response, "Who's this?"

"Tyler, it's me, Zoey."

glancing sideways at Fitch, who was accompanied

since returning stateside. She was the picture

at

Wendy had been smitten with Fitch for ages. Considering Fitch's general

her feelings once before heading abroad, faced rejection, and

a potential union by marriage with Fitch,

Fitch avoided female company

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

rivals, often posing as Fitch's girlfriend. Fitch didn't bother to correct her; it

advances.

marriage, both the Stapleton family and the Haskins family would offer

were well-acquainted.

was here, still carrying a torch for

"What can I do

tonight. Mind if I swing by for a chat? There's something

dead-end with Fitch - probably got blocked -and

bit tied up at

your drink. Is it okay if I just hang in the

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

Wendy heard Tyler call out for Zoey, she looked up, her

still had the gall to csniffing around.

dismiss Zoey with a

notice, instead glancing at Fitch to gauge his

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