The first thing that constantly crossed her mind was the fact of having an hourglass mentalized about to lose the last grains of earth that symbolized the remaining time of her freedom around everything she had achieved until then.
It was clear that the news will soon be spread in some way because the existence of the saying about the truth coming to light sooner or later was not a trifle; but, what was she doing returning to a restricted area?
Well, the answer to the million-dollar question was the pain she felt at the thought of not being able to see her boss again.
It was too frustrating to know that she had no way back from so many things and she dared not to get used to the idea that somehow everything will be fine, no matter how much she wanted to embrace the hope inside her. Thinking everything would be as it always should have been, with them putting pride aside and facing such a slight misunderstanding that caused them such serious damage.