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When you get back from Tokyo, we’re meeting to discuss whether we’re going to publish with you… or without you. I don’t think your new boss will like finding out that his assistant works for The Daily News.
With shaking hands, Cam deleted the text message from Erika. It was only the latest of many such messages she’d received since she and Smith had flown to Tokyo for a series of meetings.
Her editor had apparently told the editorial board about Cam, which in turn ramped up the pressure on Erika to bring her wayward employee to heel. Therefore, Cam simply wasn’t answering her calls.
Erika’s response to Cam’s lack of replies was to call or text once an hour, usually with a vaguely threatening message. Cam sighed and looked out the floor to ceiling window of her hotel room. Tokyo look
