Chapter 25. Don’t Miss Work

“What the hell happened to you?” I asked, eyeing her to make sure that she was okay. Her left eye could barely open and was bruised. Underneath it was a bit purple.

Her bottom lip was busted and she couldn’t walk straight. She sat down on the bench as if standing was too much for her. “Sara, we need to talk.”

“Of course, I wanted to talk to you anyway,” I replied, sitting down too.

“You can’t miss work again,” she began.

“Will you please tell me what happened to you first? You look like a truck ran over you.”

She chuckled, but the sound came out as if it was painful. “Funny, but I’m serious. You can not miss work again. You signed a contract, and there’s a lot of dark sh*t in it that you never got the chance to read.”

“Beauty, what happened to you?”

“That’s what I’m trying to tell you, Sara. You can not f*cking miss work again! Is that too hard for you to get? Dammit!” She snapped, her eyes full of pain and anger.

I was taken aback, but then