Michael Walked Out of His Office the Day Four-Year-Old Noah Called About a Broken Arm

“A whole lot of it up front.”

“I’ll clean out my savings account,” Michael said.

Derek hung the clipboard on a metal hook beside the office door.

“You do that,” Derek said.

“But you’d better make sure you still have a desk at Apex tomorrow.”

Derek crossed to the electrical panel on the back wall.

“Go home and get some sleep,” Derek said.

“We’ll sort out the evaluator tomorrow.”