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I knocked on Max’s door

He wal

ked around his desk to greet me

“Don’t you look stunning today” He led me inside

The couard I didn’t bother to thank his in the past week I’d had enough energy to get h to kick ass while I was there and then enough to get home

After that I spent the night locked in my room ine One, sometimes two bottles I switched froet, I didn’t care about any of it

Max had an oval table in the corner of his office It orn I i statements here Researched historical cases Mentored soraduates It should have felt like an honor to sit on one side while he sat on the other The h it

I handed him a copy of one of the files I made It had the latest transcript from Lana’s statements

“This is great work Elliot” He read one page after another “Your interview questions are on point I can’t think of anything else I would have asked her This is extreh”

“Thank you” I waited while he sifted through the material

“Howon this with you?”

“Only two,” I reported “Jessie and Gregory They are my mentees Because of the sensitivity of the case I didn’t want to broaden the scope It’s a huge research commitment, but they are up for it”

“I think thata lot right now”

I bit the inside of my cheek There were moments when the cracks into co to me

“You are interested in staying on in the faculty position?”