CINNAMON
My phone wouldn't stop chiming.
I groaned, fumbling blindly, my hand slapping across the nightstand until my fingers closed around cold metal.
The screen's brightness stabbed my eyes. I squinted, trying to focus on whatever notification was important enough to wake me. I checked the time. 6:47 a.m.
I saw a deposit notification from my bank app. I sat up so fast the room spun around me. thousand dollars.
That couldn't be right. My bonus was supposed to be fifty thousand. Still generous and more than I'd ever seen in one place. But this?
A text from Martin appeared beneath the notification.
"You must be doing a great job. The boss added an excellence bonus to your pay. Congratulations. P.S. - All employees received substantial bonuses this year. Looks like having Dante Morett
