Chapter Nine
New Revelations
When Paige left Victoria Savitch’s office and moved back into the main administrative area, there was a startling difference in the large space. The room was filled with a dozen desks and other office equipment, leading her to often imagine the secretaries and administrative assistants that populated the office during the day; all the bustle of activity, the hum of computers, the click of the copier that stood off to one side of the room, and the sound of people jabbering as they went about their day. There were none of the familiar sounds of a busy office when she was there, just the soft buzz of the Coke machine...Oh! how she longed for a sip of the strictly off-limits beverage!
On a normal evening, there was nothing but that painful quiet and a blanket of
