“We’re meeting Mr. Parker and Carter. I promise you are not in danger. Mr. Parker has arranged… something… he wanted it to be a surprise.”

“I’m supposed to be at work; my shift started nine minutes ago.”

“You actually aren’t scheduled to work today at all, Ms. Rose. Mr. Parker had requested your supervisor’s assistance in scheduling this trip so you would be surprised. She agreed to put you on the schedule for a couple of hours even though she didn’t need you to work.”

“He could have just told me about all of this!”

“It’s none of my business, but I don’t believe you two have exactly been talking...