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Eliza released me at once. I drew back at once as I tried hard not to get more annoyed than I already was. This was just too much at this point and I had no idea how long I would keep this up, but I had to try. It was the only way to get her to give me the phone.
“What do you mean by that?” She snapped at once.
I pulled my face into a poker face and looked right into her eyes. The fear I felt was pushed at the back of my mind for as long as ever. I just wanted things to be difference and I would do anything to make that happen. It didn’t matter what I had to do for that, but I would do it anyway, because I could.
“I know you’re smarter than you think.”
She hit me across the face. “Don’t you ever talk to me like that ever again. I’m not your subordinate, but you are. If you think
