[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

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

mess Fitch had gotten into; she wanted the lowdown

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

his number saved, but Tyler obviously didn't have hers, judging by

response, "Who's this?"

"Tyler, it's me, Zoey."

paused, glancing sideways at Fitch, who was accompanied by

since returning stateside. She was the picture

Fitch at every

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

heading abroad, faced rejection, and hadn't pressed

a potential union by marriage with Fitch, she'd eagerly rushed back. Besides, Wendy's

knowing Fitch avoided female company

her - no other woman stood a chance. While abroad, she'd made sure to ward

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

advances.

the Stapleton family and the Haskins family would

were well-acquainted.

here, still carrying a torch for Fitch? Wendy would never

can I

bar tonight. Mind if I swing by for

She must have hit a dead-end with Fitch -

tied up

drink.

was going on with Carol. If something had happened to Carol, Maja

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

she still had the gall to

dismiss Zoey with a

to gauge his reaction. But

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