Chapter 33

thirty-three

River

Group Chat: The Featherweight MGMT

[12/26 12:00 p.m.]

River:

How’s things going so far?

Delia:

Go away.

[12/26 8:04 p.m.]

River:

Can I get an update?

Delia:

No.

[12/27 1:37 p.m.]

River:

Do you want to keep getting paychecks?

Delia:

You’d never.

River:

Stop tempting me

Delia:

Everything is fine, we’ve both worked here for the same amount of time dude. Best manager you have, you can’t lose me. Well oiled machine. Still in the black. Go away

Tell Lily I said hi.

[12/27 9:30 p.m.]

River:

Update me after close

[12/27 11:59 p.m.]

River:

Cordelia…

[12/28 12:22 a.m.]

River:

Hello?

[12/28 7:47 p.m.]

River:

I’m cutting my trip short if I don’t hear from you

Delia:

[sends photo of Seth reading with a beer, the town elders at their usual table eating lunch over his shoulder]

The building is still standing, things are fine, it’s two more days

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