A Whole New World
“Okay, okay. One month it is. But if you survive, we’re celebrating. And I’m making the cake.”
My phone started ringing just as Sky was making one of her many dramatic declarations about dying from abstinence. I barely glanced at the screen before answering, expecting it to be one of the annoying printers who never understood deadlines. But the moment I heard the voice on the other end, I straightened in my seat.
“Hello?”
The man on the line introduced himself, and after he spoke for a while, my heart started beating somewhere in my throat.
“Oh… really?” I managed to say, blinking hard. “Okay, sir. Thank you, sir. Thank you so much, sir.”
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