‘You look like you’re trying to intimidate the wood,’ he said.

‘I owe three clients work by the end of the month.’

‘Two of them already agreed to move their dates.

I called them.’

‘You shouldn’t have to manage my mess.’

‘It’s a business, Mason.

Managing things is the job you gave me.’

I wanted to argue, but he set a sandwich beside me, and I realized I hadn’t eaten since breakfast.