Chapter Fourteen
The Wild Card
A player surprised is half beaten. - Proverb
LUKAS
The slam of the heavy wood door knocks me out of my daydream.
One minute, I’m reminiscing about laying Elena down on Foxx’s office desk just one short week ago—the next minute, I’m sitting behind my own—alone.
Well, not exactly alone.
Ana’s just stepped in, and as she usually does when she gets too excited, she bangs my office door behind her, scaring half of the Tripping Out! employees. And, as usual, she barely notices.
She melodramatically sits a piece of paper on my desk before taking a step back. She is brimming with barely contained energy. She waits until I look up at her from my seat before speaking.
“Griff, I’ve got some news. Big news. Are you ready for this?”
I sigh heavily. “No… not re
