striding into k&a with purpose, valerie headed towards daya’s office. with everything that had gone down, the woman trusted the other to have more information about what was happening; daya had had her SUSPICIONS to begin with and she had made val look clueless. everyone in the white house was blindsided yet the crisis manager knew something was coming, but HOW? riled and wanting answers, the redhead was quick to phone her up and arrange a meeting. perhaps now would be a good time to build up a good rapport with the other considering that jules had noticed the effects of her little HABIT. yes, the young woman was now distracted with her family crisis but it would come back around at some point and it needed to be dealt with. “good afternoon, thank you for seeing me on such short notice.”
there was something about valerie --- something that daya had yet to put her finger on entirely . it was almost like ... she knew her , but not entirely . as if there was a version of her on the surface , and one deep down that daya had yet to uncover . so every time daya had the pleasure of speaking to her ... things felt --- off . as if there was something more there that wasn’t discovered just yet . as the redhead entered her office , brown hues surveyed the scenario with a bit of judgement --- but softened features hid her true disdain about it . what could it possibly be ? had conrad thrown them all another curve ball ? daya was having a hard time keeping up , “ of course ... val , please . come in ... sit . ” she mused , motioning to the open leather seat across from her .

















