Chapter 23 – Nowhere to Go

It was getting close to the end of the day as Cassidy waited for people to start heading home before returning to her desk to collect her things. She kept her head down as she pushed past to get to her desk. Cassidy was relieved when she saw no one hanging around her cubicle. She ducked in quickly as she started to turn off her computer and collected the manuscripts she had been working on to take home with her. Cassidy jumped when she heard a male voice from behind her. “There you are! Where have you been?” Cassidy closed her eyes and sighed with relief when she realized it was leaning against her cubicle. “Mark, you scared me. I was stuck over in marketing going over different cover arts for books we have releasing on the app soon,” she lied. “Mr. Sullivan was looking for you earlier. How did your meeting go?” She shot up when she heard he had tried looking for her earlier but recovered quickly. “Uh meeting. It went fine, I guess. He just had some questions about an author I’ve