My Lady, My Boss
Everybody stilled in their spots and exchanged nervous glances with one another.
A woman named Annie stepped forwards, playing with her fingers in nervousness. "It's Gerard's 50th birthday, Miss Alice. We were just celebrating it on our lunch break. We didn't break any rule," she said.
Something flashed in Alice's eyes, something mimicking dark and lonely. "Oh," she whispered. "Happy birthday," she said to Gerard, and turned around to leave.
"Why don't you join us? The more, the merrier," I asked her when nobody else did. Everyone looked at me as if I had grown two heads. And it was safe to say, I might be getting banned from all the future celebrations.
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