Allison's POV

Desk job wasn't my thing. It never was, but I had no choice. I certainly didn't. I hoped I would get through with it. Just do it, I told myself, but again, for probably the hundredth time since I’d resumed desk duty yesterday, my mind strayed and I stared at the blinking cursor on the screen for a while as if expecting it to magically transport me away from here.

The realization that I had to finish up with a report snapped me back to reality, and I started on the chair again, ...