Selena signed the ‘request for leave’ form and bit her lip. God, she hated this – hated everything to do with this. She’d been expecting it for years, of course, but now that it was here, she realized that she hadn’t been totally prepared after all.
She got to her feet and headed down to Dallas’ office, tapped at the door. He answered and she popped her head in. He was standing and staring out the window at the Rockies. He turned.
“Hey, Selena. Perfect timing. Come on in.”
“Oh.” She clutched the form a bit tighter. “Sure.”
They sat down and as always, Dallas just launched right into it. The man was nothing if not straight-up, and it was one of the many, many reasons that Selena loved working for him.
“I’m sending you and Griff to Kansas to pose as a married couple looking to adopt,” h
