Chapter Twenty-One
For the rest of the week, Emm stayed away. With the state my body was in, I felt very relieved. Lisa, of course noticed my wincing and hobbling, and I’m not sure whether or not she bought my story about overdoing it on my jog and consequently falling on my ass before hobbling home.
But the real problems at work started the following Monday morning. When I arrived at the office, David was there. He was laughing at something one of my coworkers said, and making himself far too comfortable in general.
“Ah, Sharlene!” Carmela waltzed up to me in all her wind-blown glory. “I’m sure you remember David from our gala? He’s been a big contributor of ours for a while, but apparently it’s no longer enough for this philanthropist. He was so impressed by what he saw at the gala th
