“Explain.” He’d looked me up and down only to sigh with annoyance. His voice was tinged with that same flare of aggravation

“May I come in?” I looked around the hallway, even though I knew we were the only people that could be in the hallway. Security ensured that.

“Why? I think you’ve got a story to tell but it would seem that… hmm,” he paused to tap at the doorframe with a thick index finger. “It would appear there was a lie somewhere along the way and I hate liars.”

“I know, and it wasn’t meant to be this way, but I didn’t know how to fix it, once...