=brookes desk= > 4:38 p.m. as the day wound down, brooke stared at her computer screen, the blue light casting an unflattering glow on her tired face. a loud argument between two apas echoed from the other side of the room, their voices rising over who should handle a particularly nasty felony case.  the office was descending into chaos, as it always did by the end of the day. boyds door slammed shut, the sound punctuating the noise like a gunshot.  > if you cant handle the heat, get the hell out of this office! boyd roared from behind the door. clark v. cnty. of saginaw, ecf no. 62-7, pageid.1470.  brooke closed her eyes and leaned back in her chair. another day in paradise.  in a place where dysfunction reigns supreme, brookes professional life consists of walking on eggshells, dodging boyds wrath, and enduring the constant drama of an office where nothing works, everything is broken, and everyone is miserable. this is the saginaw county prosecutors officea grim, gray landscape of shattered morale, toxic leadership, and endless dysfunction. a world brooke kozlowski wakes up to every day, pretending shes proud of it. down the hall, she could hear boyd: > "get the fuck out!" **> <> <**> <> <**
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