(Aaliyah)
Monday, 16th December.
The office buzzed with holiday cheer, the kind that made everything feel a little brighter, a little lighter.
Everywhere I looked, Christmas decorations sparkled from every corner, with those shimmery colorful things wound tightly around each cubicle wall.
If you entered the main lobby, you’d hear all the famous holiday classics softly jarring from some speakers up in the walls.
I was naturally a sucker for Christmas and the holiday season, but this time though, I was indifferent to all of it.
Hell, the office had given us paid days to enjoy the holidays, and already our Christmas packages were trooping in…
But none of it touched me.
My stomach actually churned with nerves… like a washing machine on overdrive, and I knew why.
It had to do with my f
