Celina Juarez:
EXCUSE ME, YOU CANNOT JUST DROP THAT BOMB AND LEAVE.
Aaron Thorsen:
Oh, they absolutely can. And they just did.
Bailey Nune:
Not on my watch.
John Nolan:
I feel personally attacked.
Angela Lopez:
I feel professionally attacked. HOW DID NONE OF US SEE THIS COMING?
Nyla Harper:
I was literally trained to pick up on stuff like this. I am ashamed.
Wade Grey:
I am one second away from early retirement.
Celina Juarez:
Okay, but we need answers. Are they back together? Or was that just an autopilot mistake?
Aaron Thorsen:
Tim doesn't do "mistakes." That man calculates every move like a chess grandmaster of grumpiness.
Bailey Nune:
Lucy, on the other hand, definitely panicked. I can hear her hitting the backspace key through the chat.
John Nolan:
I am so confused. Did they un-break up in secret?
Angela Lopez:
Did they fake break up and just keep dating?
Nyla Harper:
Did Tim just time-travel and forget they ever broke up?
Celina Juarez:
All excellent questions. All requiring immediate answers.
John Nolan:
Someone go to their house and check.
Bailey Nune:
Oh, sure. Let me just waltz into Tim Bradford's house unannounced. That'll go super well.
Aaron Thorsen:
Do we want to live?
Angela Lopez:
Okay, but what if we casually show up?
Nyla Harper:
You think Tim is letting us in?
Celina Juarez:
No, but Lucy might.
Aaron Thorsen:
So we're staging an intervention?
Bailey Nune:
No, this is an interrogation.
John Nolan:
This is a full-blown investigation.
Angela Lopez:
Okay, but what if—hear me out—we place bets on who cracks first?
Celina Juarez:
Now this is the kind of office morale boost I can get behind.
Aaron Thorsen:
My money's on Lucy confessing first.
Bailey Nune:
No way. Tim is stubborn as hell. Lucy will break in under 24 hours.
Angela Lopez:
Over 24 hours. She'll hold out just to prove a point.
John Nolan:
I feel morally opposed to betting on my coworkers' love life.
Nyla Harper:
Okay, loser buys coffee for the whole team.
John Nolan:
...Fine. I'm in.
Celina Juarez:
But seriously, what do we do?
Aaron Thorsen:
Oh, we ambush them at roll call.
Bailey Nune:
They cannot avoid us forever.
John Nolan:
Tim will try.
Angela Lopez:
Then we just let Lucy handle it. She's weak to peer pressure.
Nyla Harper:
So weak.
Bailey Nune:
Like, one well-placed "we're so disappointed in you" and she'll fold.
Wade Grey:
I swear, if you all bring high school gossip energy into my precinct tomorrow, I will fire someone.
Celina Juarez:
Okay, so—official plan:
Ambush at roll call.Casually interrogate them.Watch Lucy crack under pressure.Collect our winnings.Survive Tim's wrath.
Aaron Thorsen:
Step 5 is looking real iffy right now.
Bailey Nune:
Does anyone have a will in place? Just asking for a friend.
John Nolan:
...I should probably update mine.
Angela Lopez:
Where are we regrouping if things go south?
Nyla Harper:
Regroup? I'm grabbing popcorn and watching from a safe distance.
Tim Bradford:
I can still see this chat, you know.
Celina Juarez:
...Oh.
Bailey Nune:
Busted.
Aaron Thorsen:
We were never here.
Angela Lopez:
Logging off FOREVER.
Nyla Harper:
ABORT MISSION.
John Nolan:
This conversation NEVER happened.
Tim Bradford:
Uh-huh. See you all tomorrow.
Celina Juarez:
I'M SCARED.
Bailey Nune:
WE'RE ALL GONNA DIE.
Aaron Thorsen:
IT WAS NICE KNOWING YOU ALL.
John Nolan:
If anyone needs me, I'll be calling in sick.
Angela Lopez:
No, you won't. You have to suffer with us.
Celina Juarez:
Tomorrow is going to be GLORIOUS.
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