Summary

Paige continued to dig despite her neighbors’ disapproval. On Monday at work, Lukas asked to speak with Paige. In his office, he stated: “We scored a meet and greet at Landon Cosmetics later today” (52). She was impressed and offered to join him at the event later. He announced that he would instead take Seth, Rhiannon, and Byron. When she fought this decision, he directed her attention to the dirt on her hands and the quality of her suit. Her face burning, Paige offered to go change at home, but Lukas said that they were leaving momentarily. She apologized. He then suggested that she has been underperforming as an employee. He encouraged Paige to work on her personal life. He then asked her to run the office for the remainder of the day. He left with the three employees chosen to accompany him, but...