Kiara almost managed to get to work on time, but being a few minutes late wasn't a problem, since fortunately, her boss was away on business.
However, cancelling tonight's date with Jimminny was going to be a problem. She was due to go to his flat for dinner and he had told her that he would do most of the cooking the evening before. That meant that he had already bought all the food and had already spent the time cooking it. If she cancelled now, he'd be stuck with a load of cooked food and no one to share it with. She felt awful about that. What's worse, she had been in bed with somebody else, whilst he had been slaving over a hot stove for her. How bad was that? She felt really guilty about the whole situation.
She wondered how best to proceed. In the end, she thought: I'll just have
