*Giovani*

As soon as Olivia was out of sight, the soft and kind man in me disappeared. I gripped her notebook in one hand and the baggie with the damn note in the other, trying not to touch the notebook too much as I headed straight down the hall for my office.

My boots pounded on the floorboards with unnecessary force. My whole body was tensed for a fight as blood pumped in my ears. I could feel my heart thumping loudly in my chest, fast and wild.

I slipped ...