She found out what Harlan had done with his three days at seven forty-two on Monday morning.
She was on the subway when her phone buzzed and she looked at it in the bright rattling car with the morning commuters packed in around her and read the message from Reed and the noise of the train and the people became very far away.
He filed a formal misconduct complaint Friday afternoon. After business hours. Against Lena specifically. Through the external ethics board not internal HR. It goes to the full board this morning before the vote. I found out twenty minutes ago. Telling you before Damien because he's going to want to manage how you hear it and you should just hear it first.
She sat very still.
The train moved through the dark tunnel and the lights flickered the way they did between
