#Chapter 138: A Special Assignment

Monday in the office, I keep my head high as I sit at my cubicle. My second date with Hugo went well. Selena hasn’t called me back. I’ve gone back to purposefully avoiding any news of Selena and Miles. Life, as far as I am concerned, has moved into a new normal. Perhaps this version isn’t as exciting as when I was secretly meeting Miles, but it’s more stable. More mature. More suited to a woman – a mother – my age. Running around at all hours of the night to secretly meet my younger lover, was never a sustainable life. Not for me. In my cubicle, I settle at my desk. After placing my purse under the desk, I turn on the PC and wait for it to boot up. My other co-workers file in, some looking they had much longer weekends than me with much later nights. Only Sabrina truly seems bright eyed this morning. Kimberly is already in her office, typing away at her computer. Because of that, I’m not terribly surprised when my messenger software finally loads, that I already have a mes