"HOW'S IT going with the project?" Pax asks me a few days later.
I pick at my sushi. "It's getting there."
"I heard you got a basketball player to host a signing at Mr. Kimoko's location. He was pleased about that. I think. The man doesn't smile, so it's hard to tell…"
"That's great," I say absently.
Pax knocks her fist on the table to get my attention. "Hey, is something going on?"
I glance up. Meet her concerned brown eyes. Shake my head. "No."
"You just seem…" She lifts a hand. Manicured fingers grapple at the air as she searches for the right term. "Troubled. Aren't you happy you're doing so well?"
"I wish I could take all the credit, but I'm not doing much. Jerrison is the one who's been working hard on this project. He got the celebrities lined up for me."
"Well, he's doing a great job." Pax grins and tosses her curly hair over her shoulder. "Our stocks are higher than they've ever been."
