Present Time,
A little throwback
“Good day, Sir." Zeda greeted cheerfully with a small bow. “I came as fast as I could. Gemma told me you… you got me a new cello, and that uhm…, you wanted to have a chat with me,” She stuttered as she rubbed her palms together.
Gemma - her roommate who unfortunately for almost a year, never desired to accept her proposal of friendship - had been the informant, albeit with a smile that just didn't seem genuine, that Mr Freeman -one of the sponsors of the organization that funds their livelihood, wanted to see her in his office.
Zeda's face was flushed with palpable joy and her eyes darted around Mr Freeman’s office to check where exactly the cello could be.
It isn't exactly a small object that can be hidden out of plain sight without a part of it jutting out.