ersonal phone, the one he had turned back on,

d, but sai

snapped, her voice tight with fury. "You are goin

ke? I haven't touched the Genesis code in months. T

the crisis. "A tiny little glitch. It won't take you more than an hour.

t it was insulting. She didn't want to fix thei

to talk about,

in the background, close to Chloe. "Is he giving y

t unmistakable. Followed by Chloe's hushed, affecti

igerator, everything faded away. It was one thing to see a picture, to suspect.

han anything he' d felt before

ing with mock sweetness. "Is that what you call you

h on the other end of the line. "What are

voice dangerously low. "I heard h

nic, the denial too fast, too shrill. "He's a brilliant kid from a poor

rying to paint him as a bully, pic

with him?" Ethan pressed

has nothing to do with the problem at h

n hitting him with the force of a physical b

true and y

year and a half working for free while you were out charming investors? Who

as si

ding tone of a CEO. "You either get in the car Amy has waiting for you and come fix this

he job he no longer wanted, from the company he h

terminated,

her word. He felt nothing. Just a vast, empty