Ronda did not expect the reply to come so quickly.
That was why it unsettled her when she saw the notification the next morning while still on the bus, her phone half-hidden in her palm, the city jostling around her in heat and impatience.
For one second, she only stared at the subject line.
Re: Clarification on Current Reassignment
The bus lurched over a pothole.
Someone swore loudly near the back.
A conductor slapped the side of the bus and shouted for one more passenger to squeeze in where no human body could reasonably fit.
Still, for Ronda, everything narrowed.
She opened the email.
The message was brief.
Professional.
And somehow sharper for how little it said.
Her reassignment to Unit Four was under ongoing internal review. The current placement would continue pending ma
