Chapter 18

I returned to my desk forty-five minutes later,freshly changed and ready to put the debacle behind me.I didn’t even want to know what Jaiden thought of me right now.

“You’re back late.Something happen at lunch?”Heather asked,her smirk informing me that she already knew.God,how many people from the company had been at the sandwich shop?

“Nothing more than the usual,”I mumbled and focused on my computer.When I tried to get to the Finance drive on the server,I remembered that I needed to get IT to give me access.At least it gave me an excuse to get away from Heather for a few minutes.

I headed for the first floor where IT was housed and found Melvin,the guy everyone went to for help.I hated him because,as good as he was,he was a mean sonofabitch with a caustic tongue.At least I knew he wasn’t just picking on me.He did it to everyone.

“What’s up,Awkward Al?”was his usual greeting,and he didn’t disappoint this time.