In the evening, Jess received a message from his boss that something had gone wrong with some matter and that they needed to work overtime for half of Saturday in order to sort things out.
Jess was relieved. He just knew that things wouldn’t go so smoothly, and he was relieved that it was just a small mishap like this. Anyway, they had made an appointment for dinner, and he had more than enough time to work at the company in the morning.
If it took longer than expected, he would just ask his boss if he could leave first. If his boss knew that he had an appointment to meet Jake’s father… He might not even ask him to work overtime that morning.
Jess felt that rather than being nervous at home, he might as well go to the company to destress.
Jake sent him off at the door, which was ano
