*Rebecca* I woke up before my alarm. I was too excited to get back to the office. The end of the month work was over, so work would go back to the regular, everyday stuff that I enjoyed. Alessandro had come by to see me Saturday night, and that was going almost like a dream. The whole commute, I was caught up in memories of what he and I had done in the kitchen on Thursday night. I should probably have been paying better attention, but getting to work felt like second nature at this point. I got into the elevator to go up to my floor. When the doors opened for me to step out, the mood on the floor was abysmal. The dark mood that hung in the air was practically palpable. I didn't understand what could have possibly happened on an early Monday morning to already set such a terrible tone f

