“It’s part of a job,” he said. She simply looked at him. “I was not permitted to say good-bye. The note was the best I could do.” “But here you are.” Her eyes narrowed. “Didn’t you tell me that once you accepted this job, you could not come back? Are you breaking the rules again?” “Of course I am.” “So you have no problems breaking the rules when it suits you. Are you telling me that you couldn’t find any way to personally soften that blow for your family?” “I’m a selfish bastard,” George said. “I didn’t want the pain of saying good-bye, so I avoided it.”
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