A few days later…

“—So, that’s pretty much the majority of it.”

I settled back into my chair, tempted to cross my leg over my knee in order to gain back some semblance of self-control. My hip screamed in protest when I tried, forcing me to remain with my knees mushed together and my hands hovering over them awkwardly.

Jeffery stared at me unblinkingly from the other side of his desk. Around the halfway point into ...