Shelby Bills headed for work. It was her first day since her demotion and she was going to try to make the best of it. Nicole had urged her to quit and take Nicole's brother Arnold's offer of a job at the newspaper. What Shelby hadn't told Nicole was that she had a no compete cause in her contract. She couldn't work for any news organization for the duration of her contract if she quit. So she was stuck. When she arrived at work her day got worse. Outside of what used to be her office was a box with her things in it. There was a note telling her where her new office was. She picked up her things and walked to where her new office was. It was small, extremely small. Barely enough room for a desk or chair. It also had no windows. She wanted to cry. She had an email with her news assignments for the day. There was one. She would be covering a car wash for a local high school girl's soccer team. She groaned. The story would be on the noon news. she wouldn't even make the evening news. Glumly she left her office and headed for the news van. She couldn't wait for work to end and to see Nicole again. Nicole was the only good thing she currently had in her life. Then
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