Seline heard the words but couldn’t make them sit right in her head. PA. Him. Monday.“Sir, I don’t— I can’t—”He was already pulling a card from his jacket, pressing it into her hand before she could finish refusing, his fingers closing hers around it like the matter was settled and always had been.“Call me before Monday for your job description.”Mr. Charles was still stammering something behind them, but Sweet had already turned to leave, unbothered, like he hadn’t just upended her entire week. He was almost out of the corridor when he glanced back over his shoulder.“And Seline? I still haven’t figured out where I know you from. I intend to.”Then he was gone, and it was just her, Mr. Charles muttering apologies to no one in particular, and a business card burning a small, precise hole into her palm.“Seline, abeg, no vex,” Mr. Charles started, suddenly all soft voice and folded hands, now that his celebrity witness had walked off. “I go sort out something for you, I promise.”She
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