Allison
'It also helps,' I say, and write the last header.
Bail-outs.
I underlined it twice. "If I need to leave a room and I don't want to explain why, I'm going to text Daniel a phrase and he'll call with a pretext. You don't block the door, you don't try to negotiate me back into the room. You walk me out or you stay, but you don't follow unless I say come."
"What's the phrase?" he asks.
"Inventory check," I say. "If you see me send it, you don't ask questions. You'll get answers later, not there."
"Copy," he says. He doesn't look offended. He looks like a person relieved there's a plan that doesn't require a fight.
"And if you need a bail-out," I add, "you text me milk's out. I will get you out of a room without asking you to explain your father or a donor."
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