office clutter

This morning as usual Cassie was already sitting neatly in her favorite chair, it felt like it had been a long time since Cassie had come into the office when in fact she had only skipped one day and even then skipped with Lucca.

"Good morning everyone" Liliana shouted excitedly

"There's Cassie. Where were you yesterday? How come you didn't come in?" she asked, who seemed to have just realized Cassie's presence.

Cassie smiled awkwardly as the question came from her colleague's mouth, she couldn't answer.

"Umm... Yesterday, I went to... It was..." Cassie replied clumsily

Cassie's brain was spinning in search of the right answer, there was no way she should be honest and say that she skipped class with her boss? She couldn't imagine how her friend would react when she found out.

"Cassie" called the man who was now standing in front of her, let's call him her savior. Or is it?