The next morning, I show up to my office to see that the renovations are completely finished. I was really not expecting this kind of turnaround. I also wasn't expecting Chloe to be there before me.
"Good morning," she says in a pleasant tone.
"Hello," I say back tentatively. I'm not quite sure of what to make of Chloe. A couple of days ago, she was abducting me and now she's being polite, which is a side to her I have never seen.
"What's the plan for today?" She asks, holding a notebook and pen, ready to take notes.
It takes my brain a moment to catch up to the unexpected shift in dynamic, but I pull myself together and say, "We've been put in charge of all the Christmas celebrations. It's late November so we have our work cut out for us."
She nods and sits in the chair across from m
