The next morning, Hope’s boss was already there. He was sitting at the corner of the room. The room seemed to be his office, except his desk was covered with papers and some books on different subjects like science and math. Hope felt a little intimidated. She didn’t know what to think.

“You’re here early”, she said softly. Her boss didn’t even turn to look at her. Hope cleared her throat. “Is something wrong?” His eyes finally moved to meet hers. “No”, he answered curtly. But it looked like he wasn’t being honest with her at all. “It’s not like you” he added after a while. There were tears filling...