lle, with her cloying sweetness in front of Alexan

-faced woman named Chl

Important files would go missing from my desk, only to

ting down the days

ad "exiled" me to for a minor, trumped-up error Isabelle had blamed on me. He' d called it

cidentally" bumped into me hard, sending the box of

're going, clums

ly, Jane. You're becom

hot out, tripping me. I went sprawling, my knee hitting th

ce dripping with false concern, ju

yes immediately going to Isabelle, who had

"Jane just... she flew at Chloe. I tried to stop h

my position on the floor,

ce hardened as he looked at Isabelle, th

showed me. "I' ve had enough of your troublemaking. You' ve be

for my side. H

inal day. Pack your t

fter eve

physical blow, but a stran

cut. He had made the de

ee. I met his eyes, and for a moment, I think he saw

my voice surpr

verance, the final bow b

ain, and I would no longer