Verna poked her head in the door and said, “I’m not a secretary, you know, and I’m certainly not your secretary!” Buck had never been angrier with anyone. He stared at Verna. “I’m coming across this desk to kick that door shut. You had better not be in the way.” The cell phone was ringing. Verna still stood there. Buck rose from his chair, phone still to his ear, and stepped up onto the desk and across Verna’s mess of papers. Her eyes grew wide as he lifted his leg, and she ducked out of the way as he kicked the door shut with all his might. It sounded like a bomb and nearly toppled the wall
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It’s like the book has given up trying to make us root for Buck, and he’s just a blatant dick now.
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