Quinn sat at her desk reading a note from the substitute. Nothing dramatic had happened in her absence. Her mind wandered back to her free day in the sun. With Ryan. She hadn’t thought about school or her students all day. A small pang of guilt blipped in her chest.
It was only one day. Get over it. They were fine without me. And walking through the city on a quiet Monday felt fabulous.
“That’s a heck of a smile.”
Brian’s voice startled her and she clumsily dropped the papers in her hand. “Hey, Brian.”
“You received a delivery. I was in the office and offered to bring them up.” From around the corner he produced a vase full of daisies, dyed in a rainbow of colors.
“Who sent me flowers?”
He set the vase on her desk and handed her the card stuck to a plastic stem.
She read the card al
