[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

Zoey headed out - not towards hbut to the

wasn't about whatever mess Fitch had gotten into; she wanted the lowdown

hot water, having caught wind of

bar. She had his number saved,

response, "Who's this?"

"Tyler, it's me, Zoey."

paused, glancing sideways at Fitch, who was accompanied

with Fitch since returning stateside. She was

Fitch at

cousin well. Wendy had been smitten with Fitch for ages. Considering Fitch's general aversion to women,

once before heading abroad, faced rejection, and hadn't pressed

potential union by marriage with Fitch,

Fitch avoided female company gave

didn't matter to her - no other woman stood a chance. While abroad, she'd made sure to

as Fitch's girlfriend. Fitch didn't bother to correct her;

advances.

family and the Haskins family would

were well-acquainted.

torch for

can I do for

if I swing by for

She must have hit a dead-end with Fitch - probably

up

can wait for you to finish your drink.

Carol. If something had happened to Carol, Maja would undoubtedly be

for Zoey, she looked up, her eyes flashing with derision. That woman still hadn't given

over the phone, she still had the gall to csniffing around. She

dismiss Zoey with

gauge his reaction. But Fitch remained aloof, unfazed by the

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