Chapter 554

Gemma and Sabrina came back to the conference room and looked ... fine?

“Later,” Gemms said.

“It’s fine, I promise,” Sabrina agreed.

You blew out a breath, looking back and forth between them for a long moment before shrugging slightly. It’s not like you could make a big deal out of it in front of Eric. And if it was something that wasn’t office-appropriate they may want to wait even longer to tell you.

“So ... looking forward to seeing home, Gamma?” Eric asked once they were sitting back down.

“What?” Gemma asked.

“Check your email,” you sighed.

Gemma did and rolled her eyes when she saw the HR email. “Whatever,” she said. “I don’t need to deal with shitty HR again until my next internship while I’m in law school, and that’ll still be too soon.”

She started running through her Last Day checklist while you, Eric and Sabrina kept working, then a half hour before noon she packed up her laptop and brought it up to the IT area to hand it back in. By the time she got back it was closing on lunch, and she sat down with a sigh.

“Well, I think that’s it,” she said.

You stood up, going to her and gesturing for her to join you, and you wrapped her up in a hug. “You did awesome, this summer,” you murmured. “And from one intern to another, you’re a great coworker.”

She chuckled, hugging you back, and said, “I’ll try not to be as good a coworker to my future ones, or else I’d be cheating on you.”

You snorted softly and chuckled. “OK, so maybe hold back a little of your awesomeness.”

There wasn’t a ceremony or a party. No going-away cake in the break room. You were interns, after all. Garrison did show up just before noon, however.

“Folks,” he said, nodding in greeting. He wasn’t the first person from the firm to come by that morning, but most were either on regular errands or poking their head in for a quick ‘It’s been great to have you here’ on the move.

“Sir,” Gemma said. You were all standing already, about to head out to grab lunch, and she approached Garrison and offered him her hand. “It’s been a great experience working for you.”

“It’s been a pleasure to have you here, Gemma,” Garrison said, clasping her hand firmly and giving it several pumps. “Like I said yesterday, if you do end up coming back to the States, reach out. I’d be happy to help with connecting you with other internship opportunities. And that goes for you three as well; you might have been the most ... adventurously problematic group of interns we’ve ever had, but all four of you were excellent workers.”

“Thank you, sir,” you, Sabrina and Eric said.

“So, you’re all headed to lunch?” he asked.

“That was the plan,” Gemma said.

“Take an extra half hour,” Garrison said and pulled out his wallet. He handed you a credit card. “And the meal is on the firm. No alcohol though, alright?”