How Are You Alive?

Elijah didn't question her shock. Everyone looked at him as if they just found an extinct creature emerging into the wild. No matter, the director only headed to his office to get a list of things to attend to. After all, two days of missing his work was too much for him. He wasn't like the other old directors, who had been here for decades. There was no way they'd let him skip work like that.

The secretary's eyes almost fell out when she saw her boss walk into the hallway, where she was stationed. If she was allowed to cry on him, she would hug his legs until she was assured that he wouldn't go anywhere else anymore.

However, his eyes were on Silvano, who was holding onto a lot of folders collected from the secretary. The other guy took over some jobs as long as no one was promoted to replace Elijah. After all, he knew that the man would not return anytime soon. That was why when he saw Elijah, shock was not even enough to cover what took over him.