He checked his phone twice before he said anything to me.

“HR processed the transfer code,” David said.

“As of November first, you’re officially assigned to the European security division.”

“And what about the state tax filings?” I asked.

“The main payroll department in Chicago handles the state filing,” David said.

“Your flight leaves O’Hare at eight in the evening on the twenty-ninth.”

“So that gives me twelve days,” I said.

“It gives you eleven,” David said.