Date: Unspecified
Time: Unspecified
Location: Myriad Realms, Card World, Southern Region, Blossom District, Sky Blossom City, TSR Guild Headquarters
Though Corey said what she said to me only to taunt me, to tickle my ego into proving her wrong, her words still struck deeper than she probably intended. She might have meant it as a trigger, a way to needle me into doing her bidding, but it forced me to confront something uncomfortable. Since when did I, Dalton V. Wyatt, start running from a good challenge?
The hesitation itself was proof. I valued Corey far more than I liked to admit. If it had been a client standing in front of me instead of her, I would not have paused for even a second. I would have named a price so high it filtered out the unserious, made sure it was worth every ounce of my time, and then I would have taken the challenge head-on without looking back and making sure they got more than what they paid for and left satisfied.
