The sentence escaped me before I measured it completely:
"This is not a favor, Clara."
And I meant it. I didn't want her to think I was there to rescue anything.
Deep down she knew that if I did not agree to "help" her, that contract would be taken away from her. I was there because her project was solid. And because I wanted to be there too.
When we closed the preliminary structure, I knew that this would not be easy. Not because of the contract, because of the proximity, because of the shared spaces... Because of the conversations that would inevitably go beyond the technical at some point.
I left the building with a clear decision, I was not going to play, I was not going to compete, I was not going to use power as a shield. If we were going to work together, I would do it differen
