Chapter 50

He was going to get her a raise anyway.

Michael settled into his chair, turned on his tablet, and sorted through the messages Julie had pulled off the voicemail. Some of it was the usual stuff—things he’d hand back to Julie with directions to follow up. But one in particular caught his eye, and he let the rest fall to the desk.

Director Lawrence requests a return call ASAP.

Shit. Michael didn’t want to deal with that. If she was calling instead of sending yet another email, Michael knew it couldn’t be good. He wanted to ignore it, just to throw his weight around, but he knew he wouldn’t. He wasn’t a petulant brat, and he didn’t hide from his problems.

He hit the intercom button. “Julie, please get Jeanine Lawrence on the phone.”

“Right away, Mr. King.”

He steeled himself for the conversation that was about to happen and picked up as soon as Julie put the call through.

“Director Lawrence, what can I do for you?”