Coworkers quietly came over.
Some hugged me.
Some apologized for not saying anything earlier.
One whispered, “You deserved better.”
Nina cried.
That almost made me cry again.
When I finished, Eleanor was still waiting.
“You don’t have to stay,” I told her.
“I know.”
“Then why are you?”
“Because I want to see how a man carries himself after losing something he thought mattered.”
“That sounds like an experiment.”
“Most interviews are.”
I smiled.
Then one of her attorneys entered quickly from the conference room.
His expression had changed.
“Mrs. Halston.”
She turned.
“What is it?”
“We have a problem.”
“What kind?”
He looked at Gavin.
Then at me.
Then back at Eleanor.
“Confidential Halston acquisition documents were accessed last night.”
Gavin stiffened.
Eleanor’s face hardened.
“From where?”
The attorney hesitated.
“This office.”
The room went silent.
My stomach tightened.
Gavin looked at me.
Then toward my desk.
