Back at it Again (One-on-One)

“Oh, good,” she said, closing the notebook. “May I see?”

 

Val leaned over them, brushing her hair behind her ear as she looked.

 

“Good work, Landon,” she said with a nod, straightening up. She passed him the book with careful hands. “I found some stuff in here. I marked the passages with post-it notes. Do you want to take it home and check it out?”

 

“Yeah. There’s a lot. We can talk about it later, but we definitely have our why here.”

 

“Finally,” she agreed. “I was up late last night typing up a draft. I think it should be ready to be released by next week.”

 

She exhaled, running her fingers through her hair.

“We’ll have to talk to Maxine, though. A story of this caliber is dangerous.”

 

“Probably later this week,” she said thoughtfully. “She has a pretty packed schedule.”

 

“Yeah. That and she spends a lot of time taking smoke breaks.”

 

“Of course it is, but she doesn’t care”

 

She nodded, standing up and stretching.

“Great. I can text you the details.”