When fate plays its hand (Miranda)

Chapter 0814

“Role model?” Paul asked.

“Mm–hmm,” Miranda replied.

Paul’s curiosity was piqued. “Sounds like there’s a story behind that?”

“Not a story–a inishap.”

“Can I hear about it?”

“It’s not a secret. It happened because we skipped the review step and ended up making a mistake with a decimal point. The data set was Madison’s responsibility. When she found out, she acted like the sky had fallen.”

Paul couldn’t help but be drawn in by the sparkle in her eyes. “What happened next?”

“Sebastian immediately retrieved the incorrect data and spent two all–nighters fixing it before reuploading the corrected version.”

Madison, who had been perpetually struggling with her diet, surprisingly lost seven pounds during those two days from stress. She even shed some hair. Sebastian, typically a stickler for routines, let her take three days off without pushing her to wake up early for a

run.

by the way, Dr. Jefferson, why did you come by today?

Paul nodded. “Yes.”

out a USB drive. “The rare topic references you asked for are

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I owe you

need to

“How could I not?”

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in the past couple of days, Paul died

past 6000 pm. Why isn’t Mimi here yer?” Fiona stood near the door, glancing at the clock

reassured her. “Sam said he told her to come over for dinner, and Mimi

nodded “Mirni never says she ‘I do something unless