Outside the Orbit, night had fallen. The wrought iron streetlamps gave the downtown streets a cozy glow. Honeymooners wandered hand in hand down Constellation Way, peering into the storefronts and kissing at random moments.
Her phone buzzed. Her wild hope that it might be Will disappeared when she saw the text from Chase.
Big news! I have a present for you! You're going to love this. It's something big about your drug story. Where R U? Anywhere near the Gazette?
Oh no. She'd told Chase to go home, not investigate a news story. Are you crazy? Stay out of it. And I don't work there anymore.
I know something about that too. You might get your job back. I'm like Santa right now with so much good news. I'm your inside man, sis!
Merry sucked in a breath. Get her job back … now that got her
