Christina got an email from Collin’s assistant the next day. He informed her they hadn’t been able to nail Alexander down for a meeting until the end of the week. The meeting was on Friday afternoon at two o’clock in Collin’s office.

Shortly afterward, Mark called her in to see him. He had not been himself since their meeting on Monday. He had been the ‘golden boy’ of the office, but in week two, he was more like the grouch who only surfaced from his trashcan to complain. Working for him the week before had been so pleasant and since the meeting, it was exactly how she always imagined work...