Chapter 92

“That’s right. The Boss has said you’re mine now.” For the time being.

He was silent for a minute as he mulled that over.

There were two things most of the people in the WBIS knew about me. One was that I hadn’t reached the position I now held by getting on my hands and knees for any of mysuperiors, not that there were many. And two was no one who worked under me would everbe in that position in order to curry favor or obtain a promotion. So there was no doubt he knew there was no sexual connotation to that statement.

“Okay, fine, but you have to let me come back to work.”

“I do? And why is that?”

“Well….”

“Last I heard you weren’t given medical clearance.” I studied my nails. One of them was getting ragged, and I wondered if I’d marked Quinn’s back the night before. He hadn’t said anything, but—

“C’mon, Mr. Vincent, you can override that. I’m going stir-crazy here.”

“And that’s supposed to affect me how? Stanley said no—I’m saying no.”