Jane Quinlan had finished reading and organizing both hefty files by 8:30 pm.
About fifteen minutes earlier, Kay Forrest had called her.
Because he had been delayed the entire day, he would have to work overtime into the late night.
He wanted her to go home first.
But the thought of being alone at home as well.
She simply opened the rule book and began to memorize it anew.
Thinking about the humiliation she had suffered at Annie's hands today.
She secretly vowed that wherever she fell, she would get back up from there.
She absolutely would not surrender so easily.
She took a deep breath, and in such a quiet environment, memorizing seemed unusually quick.
Jane had already memorized these contents; what she needed now was to remember the details of each clause fluently.
She used a self-testing method to familiarize herself with it all.
By after ten o'clock, her eyelids were already beginning to droop.