Chapter 10

The room goes quiet the second Mark says my name. “Avery,” he begins, all warm CEO cadence and faux concern, “given everything that’s happened, we think it’s best if you step back from the press strategy session this afternoon.” Best for who? A hundred tiny thoughts snap like rubber bands around the conference table. Liability. Unstable. Last thing we need is another scene. Thank God, maybe we won’t get sued. I don’t even have to look up to know most of those aren’t...