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The Bureau of Dreams to be Continued
Page 555
There was a silence. Not the awkward kind, but the sacred kind. The kind that precedes either disaster or revelation.
Margot blinked. Chad blinked. The teeth grinned up at them both, as if daring someone to speak first.
“Well,” Margot said, reclaiming her smile with the grace of a seasoned performer, “that’s one way to break the ice.”
Chad stared. Then, slowly, he began to laugh. Not the smug chuckle of earlier, but a genuine, wheezing laugh that made his latte tremble.
“You know what?” he said, wiping his eyes. “You’re hired. Anyone who can survive that moment with poise deserves a seat at the table.”
Margot smiled; this time with her real teeth, and thought, maybe the metrics had called for a dance.
Margot woke, saw her teeth in the can she had left open, and decided she didn’t want another job.