In exactly thirty minutes, Freya arrived at the head office of Xylonica Group of Companies. Following the directions Trevor had given to her, she moved to the 28th floor and approached the lady behind the reception desk, who she believed to be the secretary.
"Can I help you?" the lady asked, eyeing Freya.
"Yes. Good morning. I'm here to see Mr. Baliante," Freya explained, and the secretary looked her over in a way Freya considered demeaning and condescending.
"What for?" the secretary asked after a while of staring. "What do you want to see him for?" she repeated with a challenging tone.
Freya didn't know if she woke up on the wrong side of luck or if someone had placed a curse on her day because what was with all these confrontations? First, it was Francis and his mother, and now it was this woman who supposedly was Trevor's secretary.
"He's expecting me. Please tell him I'm here," Freya responded, keeping her annoyance in check.
