Save Her Lose Us (Evangeline and Soren) novel Chapter 82

It was clear Theo already knew about her situation. He didn't even bother to look up as she finished speaking. "Director Whitmore, I'm just their supervisor. I can assign tasks, but if they refuse, there's not much I can do."

"If no one's cooperating, it's up to you to figure out how to manage your relationships. Coming to me won't help."

The entire morning passed with no progress. Near noon, Evangeline, exhausted, slipped into the break room. She slumped into a chair and poured herself a glass of water, worry clouding her face.

After everything that happened yesterday, she'd expected life at UME to be challenging, but she hadn't imagined it would be this draining.

She was still mulling over how to fix the situation when her phone rang.

Snapping out of her thoughts, Evangeline checked the caller ID. Helena.

She hesitated, then finally answered.

"Stop by the old house this evening. Your grandmother made some chicken soup—I packed some up, and I want you to take it to Soren."

Helena, as always, issued her instructions briskly and was ready to hang up.

But this time, Evangeline didn't meekly agree as she used to. Instead, she said, "I'm not going."

Helena paused, her voice suddenly stern. "What did you just say?"

Evangeline replied calmly, "I just started a new job. I don't have that much time off. Maybe you can ask someone else to deliver it."

There was no hiding her employment from Helena. Even if she didn't say anything now, Helena would find out sooner or later. So why bother concealing it?

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