Chapter 52
"Why are you here?" Elvira said in a harsh voice, glancing toward the door before meeting Monica's eyes again.
"I came for my own business," Monica said with a confident smile at the corner of her lips, as if this office were hers.
"Your own business?" Elvira leaned forward in her chair. "Just walking into Starlight doesn't get you a job."
"I didn't just walk in," Monica said with a shrug. "I came. You're here."
"You didn't make an appointment," Elvira said coldly.
"I don't recognize the authority of the people who require an appointment," Monica said.
"Then you've come to the wrong place," Elvira said with suppressed anger, "because there are rules here."
"You made the rules," Monica said slowly, "and you can break them if you want."
"I don't make special exceptions fo
