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STOP IT. WHAT ARE YOU DOING TO ME?

Nathan

You owe me two photos, Callahan. I’m keeping score.

Summer

That’s the most you’re getting.

Didn’t you say you have a question for me?

Nathan

It might feel like a downer now…

Summer

I can handle it. What is it?

Nathan

Will you tell me what happened with your old boss?

Summer

Ugh. That’s definitely a downer. But yes. I totally can.

Brace yourself though. Because my boss was a first-class jerk.

He was also the district attorney for several rural counties. He was young, charming, and everyone loved him. But he made my life a living hell. He asked me out right after he hired me, and I said no, and I don’t think he liked the rejection. So then he just started insulting me. Constantly. Little jabs about my appearance. Jokes about my nonexistent sex life. It was demeaning and awful and I hated it.

Nathan

Could you not quit?

Summer

I told myself that quitting would be letting him win. I also wasn’t the only woman in the office. I think I thought that by staying, I was somehow protecting the law clerks and assistants he might target if I wasn’t around.

Nathan

Weirdly noble?

Summer

I know. It wasn’t good logic. Eventually, I snapped and quit and reported him.

Nathan

Which didn’t go well. I remember you telling Franklin.

Summer

It was hard to prove when it was his word against mine.

Nathan