Chapter 31: The New Colleague

By the time all thirty-odd chairs had been hauled upstairs, I was about ready to collapse. My face was flushed, and my shirt was nearly soaked through. I went back to my desk, grabbed a bottle of water, and chugged it. Just then, Jayla walked over, with a familiar guy following her. I blinked, then it clicked. It was none other than her younger brother, the one who went head-to-head with me in the IT department last time: Felix Santee. "Ted, this is your new colleague. He'll be working with...