There's a slight hitch in his step before he glances at Sylvie and lowers himself onto the couch. To anyone who might hear something like that and doesn't know Raleigh, how bizarre that sounds wouldn't be obvious but to Coop, it's like Sylvie's just started waving a giant red flag in his face.

"She fired Amber?"

Coop hadn't gotten to know the girl Raleigh had hired very well, but she'd been bright and smart and kind with a big, infectious smile. She'd been a lot like Raleigh, in fact, and Coop can't imagine Raleigh actually firing anyone, much less someone like Amber.

"That's... unusual." To say the least. "Amber would have had to do something insanely fucked up to get Raleigh to do that, do you know what happened?"