LAUREL
Heat flushed down my throat and it went dry and grew wet again before I pulled away. “How can you even say that?”
“Well then..if you listen to me, we might not have this issue”
My tongue had a bitter taste and my body felt too weak to move but there was no way I wouldn’t go to work. “I’ve got to go to work..I mean, what would people say? That the new head of the accounts department is either always getting sick or into accidents”
His eyes stayed the same, not leaving mine and my body was too drained to do avert my gaze. “I don’t care, you’re not going to work, I’ll call for a doctor, just don’t go anywhere” he declared but who was he anyway to dictate my life? Oh yeah, my husband and boss.
After he walked out the door, I settled myself and waited patiently till I was sure he w
