If It Bleeds (2014)
“He also had the good grace to look as though wished he could melt through the floor rather than meet my wrath. I was glad, somehow. It would have been worse if just didn’t care.
“Nicole,” he said. Nothing else. Just my name, as though it were a greeting, perhaps an explanation.
I didn’t say anything at first. Just stood next to his desk, not even noticing when crossed my arms in front of me as I looked down at him.
“Nicole,” he said again, filling the silence he might have thought would be fill...ed with my shrieks. When I didn’t shriek, he forced himself to cough up more words. “Look, Nicole, I know what we talked about”—he said it as though I’d filled in words of protest—“but it was a last-minute judgment call. Eleventh hour, really.” He finished with a smile, as though he’d lulled himself into thinking my silence was agreement. His body language told me he knew better.
“Whose judgment?” They were the first words I’d spoken.
He coughed, but it was answer enough.MoreLess
“Nicole,” he said. Nothing else. Just my name, as though it were a greeting, perhaps an explanation.
I didn’t say anything at first. Just stood next to his desk, not even noticing when crossed my arms in front of me as I looked down at him.
“Nicole,” he said again, filling the silence he might have thought would be fill...ed with my shrieks. When I didn’t shriek, he forced himself to cough up more words. “Look, Nicole, I know what we talked about”—he said it as though I’d filled in words of protest—“but it was a last-minute judgment call. Eleventh hour, really.” He finished with a smile, as though he’d lulled himself into thinking my silence was agreement. His body language told me he knew better.
“Whose judgment?” They were the first words I’d spoken.
He coughed, but it was answer enough.MoreLess
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