“It doesn’t have to be like this,” Rob said as I finally got the head of the key wedged beneath the first layer of metal. I twisted it around the circle. Everything in me wanted to say, You’re right, it doesn’t. We can figure something out. I need this job. I need you to help me succeed at the next stage of my career. My life. But I swallowed down that fear and that anxiety and accepted the truth. “I think we both know it does.” I held the key out to him. He took it from me. “Thanks for not…” His words trailed off. Not what? I almost screamed. Not telling the other agents that we slept
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