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Cleo

First day of spring in Manhattan

The cold was still harsh, still icy on the lungs, especially first thing in thewhen I walked several blocks fro in Tribeca, the skyscraper that belonged to the rich, famous, and the important

Basically, not me

When I was at the corner, I openedoff the flats I wore and putting on my heels I was in a black pencil skirt and a blue ruffled top I’d tucked into the waistband, along with a long coat

Once I had the shoes switched, I greeted the door at the entrance to the building The mail cubbies were to the left, empty because we delivered everyone’s es I moved past the double elevators that led to the residences and

Where my office was located

I was the first one there—because I was always the first one

The office had a gray rug, white desks and cabinets, fresh vases of flowers, along with several roos for clients and a workstation in case anyone needed to print or fax anything

I tried not to check e hour of my life, so I opened it now

Jesus, how did a hundred people eht until now?

There was one eht my attention

Sender: Jeremiah Winston

Subject: OPEN THIS GODDAMN EMAIL!!!

When I scrolled down, I realized he’d sent lanced to the phone on ht on the surface I bet I had a couple uy

I opened the email

Trinity Concierge,

This is Jeremiah Winston, PA to a very important client Call me at your earliest convenience

I had to roll my eyes because they were all important clients They were actors, actresses, billionaires, everything There was nothing I hadn’t seen But if a new client was , I needed to prepare I didn’t have the liberty to choose the clients I represented, because they automatically qualified for my services once they paid twenty million for one of the residences I found his number at the bottom of the email and called

“Hello?” he said loudly into the phone, not the least bit professional