“You’re signing page three as well,” Dr.

Bennett said.

I picked up the black pen from the holder next to the desk phone.

I turned to the last page and wrote my name firmly on the signature line marked Office Manager.

Dr.

Bennett took the pen, signed her own name under mine, and pressed a copper seal into the corner of the page.

She set the sealed white envelope down next to the contract.

“Arthur Bennett called from his office twenty minutes ago,” she said.