I ducked into the VAG, beelining straight for the bathroom. A thin line of blood streaked down my cheeks, but nothing was broken and I didn't have any new bruises.

How dare he take this case away from me? I'd saved his ass and that was how he repaid me? His point about more brainpower was valid, but that didn't mean he had to fire me with some lame-ass excuse about keeping me safe. That had never been a concern of his and even if he had developed some misguided chivalry, it wasn't ...