The secretary was kind.

She did not pick on James.

To her, James seemed like he was just curious and somehow wandered to the office building of the vice director.

“She actually did ask me to come here. You can go check. If you don’t ask her and make me leave, who do you think she will blame in the end?”

Janet Autumn had a feeling James was not lying.

She scanned James one last time, before she said, “Wait here, I’ll go make sure.”

Her heels clicked rhythmically as she walked to the office and kn