Chapter Sixteen
With nowhere else to direct her emotion, Sofia returned to work on Monday morning with furious intent. She went in a little early, the cool of a fall morning brisk on her cheeks. Happy to have something besides Ian to occupy her mind, she set about making a hot cup of tea from the cart and settled in at her small cubby to get some work done before anybody else arrived.
The sound of her computer waking up was comforting. She was happy to dive into the new data they had gathered last week. Reviewing columns and columns of numbers sounded calming. As her computer booted, Sofia leaned back in her chair and sipped her tea. She gazed out the window at the campus waking up and felt her shoulders relaxing. She was in her element again.
A juicy harrumph came from the other room.
