Doomsday Revenge: Payback Time (Josie) novel Chapter 156

Chapter 156

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Josie grinned. “Me? Threaten them? They practically tripped over themselves to follow me here. Look, it doesn’t matter. They’re here now, so just get

them settled.”

Zane scanned the crowd.

Over half of them were seniors.

The other half were all forty–plus.

Not a single young person in the bunch.

Fine.

The crew was getting bigger, whether he liked it or not.

Josie’s original plan was to be a lone wolf. No teams, no factions, no base–building.

plans change.

had shoved her down this path.

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just make them.

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otal joke.

had the whole place decked out with

cience crew moved in, grinning from ea

as the ultimate manager. She was everywhe

tacked Josie down and asked, “Boss, wh

eat with us, can you handle th

waved her hands frantically

talk to them. I think they

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ing that praise from

went to check w

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ack and forth, getting everything organized and locked down.

heals? Are they eating with us, or are they cooking for themselves?”

No, no, no. I’d crash! It’s way too much for one person.”

said. “The crew is getting too big. We can’t keep doing things the old way. You’ve been

pride. She felt like she was on top of the world.

was spot on. They had their own kitchen staff–five professional cooks in total.

g the kitchen, the pressure was off.

ere: Head of Kitchen Ops. She was officially moving up in the world.

eir late forties or fifties, but they didn’t have a single problem taking orders from an eighteen–year–old line.

place to shack up, it didn’t matter if your boss was eighteen or eight. You did what you were told and stayed

Come space to keep their experiments running.

some massive logs, and called Zane and a few of the guys. Thump, crack, boom. Just like that, they slapped together

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ning up. “Ms. Quinn, people from the base are here. They want a word.”

brow

Chairman Cole.”

I’ll go see what shit he’s trying to pull.”

dropping, watching these “elites” work therk the

stics and security. He had been sitting on a mountain of supplies.

enough to keep a tight grip on everything he had.

to Chairman of Logistics once the base was established.

ew exactly how to read the room.

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in Cole, so she didn’t give him the cold shoulder. She wasn’t exactly warm, either. She just gave him a

he cold shoulder. He kept a wide smile plastered on his face. “I’m here to clear the air, Miss

ing nothing away.

jack out.

ooked familiar. He’d definitely seen her somewhere before.

on the table. “Cut the crap. What’s the status of the base?”

So, I heard the Agri–Science team followed you back? Look, I’m here to make a deal. We need

name it.”

to strong–arming, just straight business.

he Base?” Josie asked. “Last I checked, we were still on your Most Wanted‘ list.”

ckly. “The board met, and we all agreed–the way the base handled you and the Blue Owl Squad

e cleared, and every member of the Blue Owl Squad gets their status and old ranks back.”

y, you’ll have free rein to do whatever you want.”

ou now?”

f you don’t want to come back, we can still be good neighbors. We want to keep things peaceful ”

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