fifteen

Four days. It had been four days since I'd last seen Mr Gray, who had conveniently decided not to show up to work for the rest of the week after our interaction on Monday. No one had talked about his absence, nor had they discussed the relatively public confrontation between the boss and myself. I could only assume that people had made the connection between the two events in their heads, but it seemed as though the topics were unanimously regarded as taboo. It was now Friday, and although I was relieved that I hadn't had to deal with the CEO's sour attitude, the ever-growing pile of work on his desk was definitely starting to concern me.

Despite my poor opinion of most aspects of his personality, I had never considered Mr Gray the type to abandon ship. This was so unlike him; the man hadn't taken a day off in yonks. Even on the rare occasion when illness had kept him home, he had always logged on and been just as active as he would've been in the office. But not th