ALICE
I couldn't stop thinking about what had happened in Jason's office.
The humiliation followed me long after I left there last night. I could still feel Faye's hand against my cheek, and I could still remember the shock that had gone through me when she struck me. I could still remember the way everything in that room had seemed to disappear for a moment.
However, the slap wasn't what kept hurting the most. No, it wasn't.
It was what came after.
Jason had done nothing about it.
I had looked at him and waited for him to say something. I expected him to defend me or at least tell Faye that she had gone too far. Instead, when Faye told me to leave, Jason simply looked at me and told me to do what Faye had ordered me to do.
I was the one who had to leave the room despite being the o
