The Heartbeat

Evaline:

I let out a deep sigh and stood up to stretch my body.

It was Sunday and River was absent again.

Not that I was surprised.

He hadn't shown his face since the weekend warriors went missing, and every time I came in for work, it felt like walking into a fog that refused to lift. The assignments he gave me through his secretary were straightforward and dry - sorting documents, updating reports, rewriting summaries.

There was no mentions of classified cases. No warriors. Just paper and silence.

Though I did spent last night pondering on the matter, I eventually decided to put away the matter as it had nothing to do with me.

By four in the afternoon, I was done with my work. It wasn't that I was rushing, I just worked faster when I wanted to be somewhere else.

And today, I did want to be somewhere else.