“You’ll come back by Monday.”

But I did not.

And ten days later, Dad called me, breathing hard.

“Brooke,” he said, “our biggest client just canceled.”

I looked at my silent phone screen and smiled.

“No, Dad,” I said. “They didn’t cancel. They followed me.”

Part 2

Dad went completely quiet.

On the other end of the call, I could hear machines running behind continue reading …