Chapter 19No Badger that night, no shock. I waited up, but not for ages. I needed sleep, after all. I had someplace to be in the morning.
My first day at work was sort of a throwaway. I was set up in my very own office, of all things, with a computer and printer and window, and I passed the morning figuring out the e-mail system and flipping through our existing catalogs and other promo materials. Then Lani took everyone out for a lazy, gossipy two-hour lunch.
There were only four people in the office — me, Lani, Dana the front desk girl, and a nearly mute fiftysomething named Sandy who was our accountant-s***h-HR person.
After lunch I spent a couple hours brainstorming product names with Lani — more an exercise than a vital assignment, but it was okay. I was okay. I had a job.
The day
