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“Everyone new gets shunned or made to work offsite at first”

Rory broke eye contact He turned to Cadence “Shunned”

“Orrin says it’s a kindness because it helps people let go of their outside lives quicker”

He wasn’t in the hty-sixed isn’t a kindness” It was terror “It’s a manipulation It’s meant to scare you into compliance and make sure you don’t step out of line”

“Oh, I, ah”

If Cadence could shrink any further away fro herself disappear, she would They couldn’t convincingly sell a bond if she was terrified of him He spread his hand out on the table, scraped knuckles, his thumbnail black “I’m sorry I snapped at you I’ new here”

It wasn’t newbie status pushing his e apart in his arms in the barn and her utter distress by the sink When he’d rubbed out her orgashed raw her certainty

“If you don’t want to do this, you should just say,” Cadence said “You don’t owe me”

A light touch to his shoulder that made him turn Susan Jesus, he’d been so distracted by Rory he’d not y needed

“I can make it easier for you if you’ll let me,” Susan said

“Ah, Susan” He pushed a hand through his hair and stood “After how I treated you, the time of day is too much consideration I was a dick and I’m sorry”

She smiled “You were a dick, but you’re new here and it’s not easy”

What else had she heard? “It’s not that hard to be considerate and I fucked that up”

“I surprised you How about we start again? Tonight is the night for these conversations after all”

Over Susan’s shoulder he saw Rory arguing with a