Callahan?”

“Good morning, Cindy,” I replied with a steady smile.

“Actually, I need you to send these lovely flowers straight up to Rachel Ward.”

Cindy blinked at the card tucked between the red petals.

“Oh, is there a special occasion we should be celebrating today?”

“There certainly is,” I said, raising my voice so that the cluster of department directors standing near the coffee counter could hear every word.

“My generous husband just bought his personal assistant an entire luxury mansion, and as his wife, I felt it would be terribly rude not to congratulate her on her remarkable new home.”