My brilliant plan failed spectacularly as soon as we set foot in HQ. Wes stuck to my side like a barnacle, and he wouldn’t let me out of his sight. He even followed me into the bathroom when I told him I needed to pee. Afterward, I gave a resigned sigh and followed him toward the meeting room.
The conference room was packed to the gills. It was one of the larger rooms on the fourteenth floor of the main building, designed to hold large meetings with a lot of staff. It reminded me of a lecture hall, actually, with tiered rows of seats and long tables. Nearly every seat was taken, with other attendees standing along the back and side walls. I hardly recognized anyone, but that didn’t surprise me. This sort of thing was above my pay grade. I could tell by the badges that most everyone was ei
