ZALDEN

I'd been seated in this meeting room for the past thirty minutes, but I couldn't focus on a damn thing. My mind was filled with a thousand and one thoughts, yet I sat still, pretending like the charts and projections in front of me meant something.

And then, I heard the new secretary's voice, frantic, “You can't go in!”

Followed by the clicking heels. Just then, the door slammed open and Laura barged in.

“Sir, I'm so sorry,” the secretary ran after her, trying to pull her ...