Petunias. Sitting on my desk.

‘I knew it.’ I bit my thumbnail. I came in three hours late because of this. Marsha wasn’t in her office I wanted to pick the purple vase and hurl it across the room. Why did it have to be Roy? He was a hard working employee, but he crossed the line. He was there at Ben’s engagement; he saw me wear the necklace. He sees me every day at work. I never thought it could be him.

‘Ah, there you are.’ Marsha said.

My hand flew to my chest where my heart thundered against my ribcage.

She frowned, ‘Are you alright.’

‘Yeah… who brought...