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be.” She gave Jess a quick hug before scurrying away.
    Damn it . Jess didn’t have a choice. She had to confront her boss. Probably get fired. She squared her shoulders and walked up to his office before rapping on the door.
    “Come in.”
    Slinking inside, Jess refused to meet Harvey’s stare.
    “It’s about time you showed up. Any longer and you’d have been collecting your things in a cardboard box.”
    “Sorry, Harvey.” Jess fell into the chair like a sullen teenager.
    “Still not interested, huh?”
    “No.”
    “Care to tell me why not?”
    “Not really.” She picked at a scrap of nail and focused on the linoleum floor. Harvey didn’t need to know about her past. Pity parties over the dead reporter’s daughter never ended well.
    “Well, whatever your reasons, it’s out of both of our hands.”
    Jess bolted upright. “What do you mean?”
    “The brand-new owners of News Network Today requested you specifically. Neither of us can refuse.”
    Jess swallowed. The MacIntosh brothers had requested her? By name? How did they even know her?
    “I don’t understand. Why would they want me?”
    “They want an honest, truthful piece prepared on their lives. You will be their shadow for three weeks, learn all you can, and show the whole world who they are.”
    Jess frowned. “They should get Vanessa or Joe or someone with experience. Not me. I’m not qualified to do that.”
    Harvey leaned back in his chair. “Yes, you are. You’re one of the best researchers I’ve ever seen. Who else can sniff out bullshit a mile away? You’re the perfect person for the job.”
    Jess blinked. Harvey never sang her praises. If anything, he was harder on her than anyone else in the research department. Compliments weren’t his style. She stared at him for a moment. “Are you buttering me up so I’ll say yes?”
    His hand slammed down on the desk. “Damn it, Jessica!”
    She shrank back in the chair as his voice bellowed out.
    “You. Don’t. Have. A. Choice.”
    “Will I be fired if I turn it down?”
    “We’ll both be fired, Jessica.” Harvey ran a hand over his short graying hair and exhaled like he’d just finished a marathon. “Please, for once, just take an assignment.”
    She’d never noticed how tired he looked until that moment. The dark circles under his eyes and the pallor in his cheeks spoke of long nights and a stress beyond that of his normal job.
    For all the grief they gave each other, Jess liked Harvey. He was the closest to a father figure she’d had in years. Hurting him wasn't an option. “I’m sorry, Harvey. I didn’t realize.”
    “Now you do.”
    She might hate being in the spotlight, but she would help Harvey. She owed him that much. “Tell me about the assignment.”
    Harvey glanced at his notes. “You’ll eat, sleep, breathe the MacIntosh brothers for three weeks. Go where they go, do what they do, be their shadows.”
    “And when it's over?”
    “You’ll write up a bio-pic for the web magazine and mockup a segment for the morning news and nightly news show. An anchor will run with it.”
    “What about photos, video, that sort of thing?”
    “The MacIntosh brothers will provide any such information requested. All you have to do is ask.”
    When Harvey laid it out, it sounded so… reasonable. Unlike any of the stories she’d read about them before. “Why now?”
    He shook his head. “Something about a takeover. You’ll have to ask them.”
    Jess exhaled. I can do this. For Harvey. “When do I start?”
    Harvey checked his watch. “Twenty minutes ago. There should be a town car waiting outside.”
    Oh my God . She glanced at her T-shirt and cringed. “I don’t have time to change?”
    “Boss’s orders. Wish I could say they were mine.”
    Jess stood up and grabbed her bag. “The MacIntoshes know what they’re getting, don’t they?”
    Harvey smiled for the first time since she walked in the room. “Jessica, they have no idea. Knock ’em dead,