She drew quite a few stares, more so than usual, but she shrugged it off. There wasn't much that she could do about it but hope that the furor died down.

　　She had spoken the truth and it remained to be seen how her father would deal with it.

　　As the office door closed behind her and she shrugged her jacket off, she noticed a neatly wrapped parcel on her desk, wrapped as if it were a gift.

　　There was no card or anything attached to the boxes so she had no idea where they had appeared from.

　　Ann sat slowly and stared at them for a long time before...