That night, Michael hardly slept. Has Chloe left?”
“Yeah, she wanted to turn in early for the night.”
“Doesn’t sound like Chloe, but sure. He asked Nicole about it and she said that all the other designers were female. She pushed it open and Michael followed her in. Mike was such a good-looking guy. Michael was surprised that he was the only male employee. Most of the state’s work is done is Chicago, not here. When Michael arrived, he placed a note he had written to Chloe on her desk, returning to his one work station afterwards to set up before the day began. Michelle set him to work, designing a newspaper advertisement that would be going up in about three weeks time for a new kindergarten that was opening up. “Well, you must be asking yourself why the office is empty, right?” Camille asked. Michael smiled as Nicole returned to her desk. “Please, keep your voice down,” Michael pleaded, “I’m really sorry, I read the situation wrongly.”
“Yeah, obviously!”
“Please, don’t report me,” Michael begged, “I’ll do anything, I promise.”
“Fuck
