LORETTA'

My office was on the same floor as his.

Not down the hall, not tucked around a corner where I would be conveniently out of his sight like I had expected, but on the same floor

I stood in the doorway and took it all in. The monochrome desk gleamed, there was a high-backed chair, a shelf that was empty and waiting for me to fill with whatever I chose, bare white walls that I could already see myself filling with pressed flowers and beautiful wallpaper, and art

My name wasn't on the door yet but the space had cleared quickly for me so I left that for now...