“Remember when I said to tell you about Sidney with an i?” I say. “Byron got the position that Sidney applied for.”
“No.” She gasps. “Byron literally had Sidney do all the work on the Heizman project. And then he took the credit.”
“He took the credit.” I chew my cheek. “And he’s fucking Amber.”
“Poor Sidney.”
“Poor Sidney,” I echo.
“Or is it?” Alex gives a little smirk. “I could send?—”
I’m already shaking my head. “You probably should not even have that photo. I should remind you of the legalities.”
“This is why I have you,” Alex says, winking.
“To keep you out of jail for exploitation?” I shake my head. “Though technically, wouldn’t it be worse for me? Paralegal at Philadelphia’s most prestigious defense firm, employee of the guy who’s only lost one percent of his cases in thirty years. That NDA I signed probably covers me committing petty blackmail.”
“That damn NDA.”
“It probably covers everything short of murder,” I mutter. “Which is why I have to pass the bar this year and get the hell out.”
“Yes, we do.” She doesn’t need to pass the bar; she’s already a CPA. But thewegives me all the warm fuzzies.
“What did you do with the picture?”
“Telling you would implicate you.” She teases me with a smile.
Guarantee she is holding it over their heads.
Alex doesn’t destroy evidence. She stockpiles it.
“What are we doing tonight?” She changes the subject fast enough to tell me I do not want to learn the outcome of the picture scandal.
“I thought about staying in.” I hug my blanket closer to me.
“No.” She cries a little. It’s obviously fake. Oh, and now she’s adding a little pout to it.
“Tell me about Sydney with a y.” I change the subject.
“Oh, she got fired.”
“For what?”
“Bossman was not having it.” Alex shakes her head. “Found out she used the petty cash for a pedi.”
“Yeah, that’ll do it.”
Alex’s phone buzzes. She glances at it, and her eyes go wide.
“What?”
She turns the screen toward me. It’s a text.
Sharon: Amber’s gone. Cleared out her desk. Bossman’s on a rampage. Looks like she tossed a used condom in his trashcan.
“She tried to frame him?” I shake my head. “That’s bold. And stupid.”
“Yep. I saw Amber drop the condom in Bossman’s trash can earlier.”
