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''Mike,''
''No, Harvey,'' Mike dissents. ''I mean it, I'm not shaken by it. It was nothing I hadn't dealt with before,'' He advocates. ''It was just them poking a bit of fun at me, it was harmless. Nothing compared to high school. I was a smart-mouthed, small for my age, genius, know it all, who had skipped a few grades then. It was way worse. I was fine, and I'm fine now,"
''So that's just that? You get reminded of your little school escapade and now you're just all of a sudden done with this company, with this partnership?''
''I'm sorry,'' Mike divulges, hoping to mitigate the situation. ''But you also know it's not like that,''
''You're sorry, and you think that suffixes? Newsflash, you're sorry doesn't cut it, Mike. Not for this,''
''I don't know what else you want me to say,''
''I took a chance on you! I've risked everything for you just for the sake of employing you, I've put so much on the line. My career and more. And you repay me by lying to me?''
A semblance of regret hangs heavy in the air because he'd be damned if that wasn't actual tears building in the kid's eyes, but as quick as they developed, they were blinked away and the hardened look to his face shifts into place.
''Looks like I was nothing but a waste of your time then, wasn't I?''
''Mike..'' Harvey said slowly, the single word laced with a quiet, seething fury. ''I'm fairwarning you now If you walk out that door don't you bother ever coming back,''