Chapter Twenty-Nine
Beth
That evening, I faxed the contract back with my suggested alterations.
With that done, I had nothing to do but wait, and went back to work in the morning.
When I got home, the shark had left a message, grudgingly saying the job was mine if I wanted it, including the provisions Jake backed me up on.
Huh. He pressured his manager. Weird.
HuhI didn’t know whether he did it because we went back a long way and my requests were fair or there was some other motive, and that made me nervous.
I called the manager back to say yes, and drove to his office to sign the papers.
He gave me copies of the contract and confidentiality agreement and filed the originals.
“Here.” He tossed a plain envelope on the desk in front of me.
Inside were a couple index cards. “What’s
