Chapter 34

*** Solana *** 

Only a few minutes after Phil left her office, Mark rang for her. Solana was startled because she saw him go out and was not expecting to hear from him until tomorrow at least. 

They had just wrapped up the campaign, so she suspected he wanted to review that one last time before she closed officially for the day. 

Moments later, she sat across from him in his large office as they went over the results of the campaign. He'd bought her an Ipad for the job, which she placed on the desk in front of her. Though she knew she was not allowed to look down on it longer than three seconds. 

The results were great. From her estimations, the returns far exceeded his target. So why didn't he look happy? She wondered. 

The thought caused her to do a quick memory scan, trying to recall if she had ever seen him happy. He smiled occasionally, though never at her. She had seen him laugh more than once with Joe. But when