Thirty-seven

GRACE.

I went to work the next day after dropping Laurel off with NK. Life goes on and I can’t be left behind, after all, this wasn’t the worse experience I have had with Connor. 

I tried to cheer up for my baby’s sake, I couldn’t let her see how crushed on the inside I was feeling, but all in all, it was a relief I didn’t tell her Connor was her father as I had intended the day before.

No more thinking, Grace, I scolded myself as I walked into our small crowded office. Everyone was asking how I was faring, how my health was, if I was feeling better now, except of course, Michelle. 

However, I ignored her and slid into my cubicle to begin the job assigned to me for the night. But before I was able to turn on my computer, one of our youngest workers, Peter knocked on the glass of my cubicle. 

“Director Lance says the both of you would be going for stake out tonight in the next ten minutes and you should get r