I sat down in my chair, trying to immerse myself in my stack of paperwork, with a nagging buzzing sensation in the rear of my head. Something was off, but I could not quite place it.
Nora leaned forward across the chair, whispering across the desk: "Why do I feel that something will happen?"
I tapped my pen on the desk.
I do not have an answer, but somehow it won't depart.
The office door burst open and a man we had not encountered before entered, his piercing gaze sweeping the room.
The man stood straight with an authoritative but innocuous presence.
He straightened his tie and smiled at the two of us as he came to our desks.
"Good morning to you, ladies," the man replied smoothly with a touch of confident tone. "Adrian Carter. First day with the firm."
Nora and I stared at him an
