ASIDE FROM HIS MEMORIES coming back to taunt him, it had been a long month of doubling up on duties to make up for no assistant that was finally catching up with him. He preferred to be at work well ahead of his crew, but since that was clearly not happening that day, he figured he could at least stop and pick up some donuts and coffee for them. Besides him, everyone was pulling longer shifts, and he knew they had to deal with the brunt of his surly attitude on the worst days.
He raced through his morning routine to make up for lost time. He flipped on his coffee maker, showered, dressed, made eggs and toast, and sat down to eat. He took one bite and cursed. He’d forgotten he had to wear a suit today. He strode back to his closet to change. He would have been on top of all of this had he
