I arrived at the office Monday morning with my bag of souvenirs and absolutely no idea how I was going to face Xander.

"Cynthia!"

Rosa halted my beeline towards my desk, making me jump. I turned to see her practically running toward me, with Mika, Claire, and Jasmine trailing behind her.

"You're back!" Rosa threw her arms around me before I could protest. "Oh my God, we missed you! How was it? Tell us everything!"

"I... it was fine?" I managed, patting her back awkwardly. "Just a lot of ...