~*JUNE*~
The PA’s words send my heart thumping so hard against my ribs I can feel it in my throat.
Everyone in the office turns to look at me, and my heart thumps harder in my chest.
I hear distant murmurs and whispers, but I pay them no mind.
"Hurry up. Let’s go," the PA says.
I swallow.
"Oh-kay," I hear myself say.
The word feels foreign in my mouth, detached from my body.
Dropping the files onto my desk, I stand and make my way toward him at the office entrance.
Each step feels heavier than the last as I navigate through the maze of cubicles.
My legs move on autopilot while my mind screams at me to turn back, to run, to find any excuse to disappear.
I fall in step behind him as we head toward th
