>>5723727With your next steps in mind, you prepare to leave the heiress to her thoughts when one last thing comes to mind.
For what it’s worth, you begin as you look over your shoulder at her, you’re sorry.
“Oh?” She replies as she cocks her head to the side with mild interest, “Sorry about what?”
Well, <span class="mu-i">everything</span>, you reply! You know this isn’t how she expected her evening to go, and accident or not we <span class="mu-i">did</span> just lose someone because of-
“Noted. Thank you, Diesel.”
Her curt reply takes you off-guard. Erm-
“I appreciate the sentiment, but there are much more proactive things you can be doing than making shallow apologies.” Mina states with her usual cold stare. “And if the night continues to go the way it’s been going, you’ll be apologizing all night. So don’t.”
Jeez, you stammer, you were just trying-
“Less than an hour ago you were ‘<span class="mu-i">just trying</span>’ to help Jake’s idiot sister collect enough company secrets to shut down <span class="mu-s">HAUSER</span> for good,” she interjects, “so allow <span class="mu-i">me</span> to apologize for what I’m about to say:”
The Class Prez rises from the crate and walks over to you.
“I don’t need your apologies, Diesel Crash. I don’t need kind words, well-wishes, or any trite speeches about how it’s ‘<span class="mu-i">always darkest before the dawn</span>’.”
The smell of her Gardenia-scented perfume burns your nostrils.
“I need <span class="mu-s">HAUSER PHARMACEUTICALS</span>… and I can’t inherit it if it’s buried in scandal because some garlic-scented <span class="mu-i">imbecile</span> peddled sensitive information to the first pushy <span class="mu-i">slut</span> that batted her eyes at him.”
Turning away from you, Mina returns to perusing the map. “Oh, but I’m <span class="mu-i">sorry</span>, of course.”
Yea, you could use a scene change right about now. <span class="mu-s">WHO’S NEXT?</span>
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