Chapter 12
The day after my meeting with Paul, I tried to hold it together. I returned to work and spent most of the day trying to climb out of the hole that had formed during my mini vacation down the shore. My morning was filled with answering e-mails and dealing with upcoming deadlines. Even though I seemed to be on top of things, I was secretly falling apart.
After lunch, Jared called Ashley and me to his office for an impromptu meeting to discuss some upcoming direct mail pieces. He asked me a question about a radiology series ad I was working on and I burst into tears. I just lost it.
“I’m sorry,” I said to Jared and Ashley before fleeing the office.
Thankfully, the men’s room was empty and stayed that way while I was sequestered there, dousing my face with water and trying to pu
