Chapter TwoAs soon as five o’clock rolls along, I head out and across the street from the big shiny building that is Aspect Technologies and straight towards the little local supermarket for a toothbrush, followed by a quick smoke. Knowing Mark, he’ll be a little late, giving me enough time to eliminate any evidence of my earlier meltdown.
Thankfully Becky didn’t bring up Gareth anymore after I escaped her interrogation in the ladies’ room, she was too busy making plans with her man, Alex. Those two are at the height of the icky in-love phase most couples seem to go through before things inevitably fall apart. It’s both kind of cute as well as tiresome to observe.
As I head back in after finishing my cigarette, Becks passes me with a spring in her step uncharacteristic for the gloomy Jan
