The elevator doors open, and I step into The Sinful Night Club. My eyes search for Ford, but The Social Room is packed and I’m having trouble locating him, despite the fact he stands taller than most men.

“Hey, Thalia,” I hear from my left and I turn to see Larissa manning the podium as she eyes me up and down. “You look phenomenal.”

She’s very sweet and very new so she hasn’t, nor will she ever, have the pleasure of Ford’s company. She only knows me as Ford’s very significant other and that has afforded me a lot of respect now I’m not working here anymore. Some of the...