
by Vivienne Rowe
The Ashford Ventures office is too cold or I am too nervous.
Probably both.
I've been waiting for seventeen minutes in a reception area that looks like it was designed by someone who hates comfort.
Three minutes. Hired. Don't ask. Your predecessor vanished. You're the bait. He's in the shadows. Smiling at you. No way out.
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