Weekdays had come again, and Declan couldn’t have been happier. A ‘case of the Mondays’ for him meant something different than for most of humanity. A creature of habit that required structure, Declan knew as well as anyone that he would have been lost without his work routine.

If he wasn’t ‘going through the motions, he likely wouldn’t have done anything at all. Even at times when he was forced to have time off, bank holidays, and the like, he made up his schedule ...