I was humming a song to myself, when all of a sudden someone said “Boo!” causing me to jump and knock over my chair. Righting it, I turned to glare at the interloper, Carly.
“You’re such a pain!” I placed my hands on my hips and mock-frowned at her. She just laughed.
“You love me anyway, I know.” She turned to the young man standing beside her, who was trying not to laugh at me.
“Lee Pearce, intern, meet John DeWitt, mentor. His bark is worse than his bite, I assure you. Don’t talk to him before he’s had his morning coffee, and be prepared to help him find files on the server. Other than that, he’s a decent human being.”
I stuck my tongue out at her, then focused on Lee.
“Nice to meet you, Lee.” We shook hands briefly. “Everything Carly said is true, and I only bark if I haven’t had m
