TWENTY FOUR

Diane pushed open the door to her office. As she stepped inside, she was taken aback by the figure of a man in her seat, his back turned to her. Her first instinct was to scream but instead, she cautiously stepped forward to ask, “Who are the you?”

The man turned around in the chair slowly and Jayden’s face came into view. He beamed at her. “Oh, here you are! I was beginning to think that you didn’t come to work.”

Diane sighed in relief, as she turned to close the door. “Jayden, you scared me!” She said, walking over to her desk and dumping the files I’m her hand on the table. “Get up from my seat.”

“Nah,” Jayden refused, relaxing back into the chair. “It’s too comfortable.”

Diane rolled her eyes and slumped into the couch adjacent the desk. “You’ve really grown comfortable around here,”