ASTRID I woke up to someone knocking, which was weird because nobody had bothered knocking before, they just left trays outside my door like I was a zoo animal they were trying not to startle. The tray from last night was still there when I checked. Someone had covered it with foil at some point, which meant they’d come back to check and I hadn’t even noticed. Kade was standing in the hallway holding another tray, looking at me like he was doing math in his head and didn’t like the answer he was getting. “You planning to starve yourself?” “I’m not hungry.” “That’s not what I asked.” He pushed past me without waiting for an invitation, set the new tray on the desk, then picked up the old one. “Is he back?” “He got in around ten last night.” So he was here, in this building, and he still hadn’t come to see me. “So he’s avoiding me.” Kade sighed and sat on the edge of the desk,“He’s not avoiding you. The board’s threatening him and the shareholders are losing th
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