We landed back from Paris the previous day. I had spent most of yesterday sleeping off the jet lag, curled up in my own bed, unpacking and trying to convince myself that the trip hadn't changed something. But as of today, the vacation was officially over.
Now I was back at work, sitting at my desk and staring at my monitor while both Casey and Megan hovered around me, staring like I had grown a second head.
"So..." Megan began, leaning her hip against my desk. "Spill. Before you took those surprise days off, you didn’t tell us anything. Not a single hint."
I tried to keep my expression neutral, clicking through a stack of unread emails to look busy. "Yeah, sorry about that. It was really last minute. Totally unexpected."
Casey narrowed her eyes, crossing her arms. "Unexpected, huh? Wha
