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"Hey. You guys are still around?" I blurted the first words that came to my head as I stepped aside for them to come in and I was thankful to God that my voice didn't quiver like it normally would have. "Yeah, we are putting in our best in the project the boss asked us to work on. Who doesn't want to impress the new boss?" One of them answered as she pressed the button to the floor they were going. Oh my God. We're all going to the last floor. Now there was no hope of being alone again. More reason why I really had to leave here.

The rest of them gave nuanced responses that I couldn't even keep

track of.

Then one of them frowned, "I'm surprised you're still here though. Your usually leave earlier than this."

Oh. I usually leave early to pick my daughter in school but now she's stuck in a hospital bed and is mad at me because she doesn't have a

dad.

"I'm also working late. You know, with the trip and all, the part of my work was left unattended to for a week. I'm trying to cover up for that

week as fast as I can."

"Yeah, that's true," another from the back nodded. "The others who also went for the trip complained that they had quite a workload to deal with. now that they were back."

"But they don't regret going for the trip," one of them quipped and everyone laughed.

I think I also let out a sound that sounded like a laugh. At the same time, I remembered the brief moment we had in his room, me finding out that he never cheated on me and a tear slid down my face. I had to

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face away

all conversations kind of died down except a murmur and a comment here and there but neither was

my gaze ahead, trying to hold

a yelp as one of them put her face infront of mine, her curious. eyes searching. "Are you

"What?" I squeaked, puzzled.

your eyes look. swollen. I tapped you and called your name but you seemed miles away. "Y'know, work," I breathed as

that she wouldn't mention my swollen eyes again but she

down in

deeply as I

She nodded.

I'd admit

on my shoulder. "Take care of yourself, okay? I'm sure the boss would

last sentence

rest of them murmured with

a sweet smile, then

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no matter how I tried, their words reached my ears and

lady." That was

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