24 - Shawn

"I think we did good," Ryker tells me after the meeting.

It's evening now and we're in the lobby, finally free of that conference room. We're just waiting for the car so we can go back to the hotel and get some much needed rest. Much deserved, too. The meeting took longer than I thought it would, but Ryker's right. It did go well.

"It's all thanks to you," I tell him. "You were on top of everything."

"Just doing my job," he says humbly. "Which I couldn't have done without your support. And Asher's. It's a team effort."

Well said, but I'm still ashamed of my lapse earlier.

"Is there something else bothering you?" Ryker asks.

Of course he noticed.

"Now that the meeting is over, we can talk about it."

"I'm fine," I assure him as I try to push the thought of Felicity from my mind.

I should at least be able to stop thinking of her when she isn't around.

"I just... remembered something for a moment there, something from the office, which of course I shouldn't have. I'm sorry."

"It's okay. N