The following day, Eloisa entered her workplace with a peculiar sense of dread. From the moment she stepped into the grand lobby, she felt the weight of countless eyes on her. It was as if a spotlight had suddenly been cast upon her, illuminating her every move. She saw heads turn, caught the immediate cessation of conversations, and noticed the swift, almost comical aversion of gazes when she dared to meet them. Whispers, like an insidious hum, seemed to ripple through the groups gathered by the coffee station and near the security turnstiles. She had no idea what was going on, her mind still somewhat fuzzy from the bewildering events of the previous day, until she physically bumped into her fellow assistant, Stacy..
Stacy, usually a whirlwind of cheerful chatter, stopped dead in her tra
