“Because I stayed up until midnight submitting my grant proposal!”
Harper’s porcelain skin lost all of its color. “Oh, no,” she breathed. She raised a hand to jerkily cover her mouth. “Oh, my God.”
“Awfully convenient that you forgot to tell me Director Ridgewood changed the deadline during the department meeting. Let me guess, you got yours submitted on time?”
Harper had lowered her head, which she was shaking from side to side. “Macy, I am so sorry! It w-was an honest m-m-m-m-, accident. Please tell me y-you submitted yours on t-t-t-ime.”
“I did, no thanks to you! Tell me Harper, has this all been a long con, or did you just see an opportunity to screw me over and take it?”
“I-I-I-I—” Harper stuttered, looking stricken.
“You-you-you-what?” Macy jeered. “You can’t stutter your way o
