The Inside of Out
“Montgomery.”
I scrambled into a vacant hallway, hoping the bustle of students transferring between classes wouldn’t bleed through the call, making me sound juvenile.
Except he knew I was a student. That was sort of the point.
“Daisy!”
“Mr. Montgomery!” Too loud.
The man on the other end of the line chuckled. “Please, call me Cal—or I’ll have to start calling you Ms. Beaumont-Smith, and that’s way too many syllables.”
I liked him already.
From what I’d found online, C...al Montgomery was some sort of political strategist in DC. He worked for a big, shady consulting firm—the kind of people, I assumed, who helped cover up shocking scandals and get horrible laws passed for their clients. Cal didn’t do much to change that impression.
“Our clients are generally corporations, politicians.MoreLess
I scrambled into a vacant hallway, hoping the bustle of students transferring between classes wouldn’t bleed through the call, making me sound juvenile.
Except he knew I was a student. That was sort of the point.
“Daisy!”
“Mr. Montgomery!” Too loud.
The man on the other end of the line chuckled. “Please, call me Cal—or I’ll have to start calling you Ms. Beaumont-Smith, and that’s way too many syllables.”
I liked him already.
From what I’d found online, C...al Montgomery was some sort of political strategist in DC. He worked for a big, shady consulting firm—the kind of people, I assumed, who helped cover up shocking scandals and get horrible laws passed for their clients. Cal didn’t do much to change that impression.
“Our clients are generally corporations, politicians.MoreLess
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