A New Beginning

Emilia sat at her desk working furiously through the work that seemed to be piling up. She'd hardly taken some hours off and now all the things needing her signature seemed to have exploded. She wondered what would happen if she really went on the holiday that Amy had suggested.

Rubbing her stomach to calm the butterflies, Emilia wondered if she should take Amy's advice and take Lionel away for a holiday. They could do touristy things and the rest...Emilia shook her head and reminded herself," He could possibly be in a relationship now..." and that she should not drive herself crazy from anticipation.

As she started to concentrate on work again, Julia gave a hurried knock on the door and rushed in, eyes wide in terror, "Ma'am." before closing the door firmly behind her.

One look at her and Emilia knew something was wrong as it was rare for her assistant to panic."What is it, Julia?"