SIMON’S POV
How was it possible for each day to get worse as the hours dragged on?
I used to think there was a limit to how bad things could get. I know better now. Seeing as every hour seemed determined to prove me wrong.
Maybe this was my new normal.
My grey life without Anika.
Work had become unbearable. I could not concentrate, and my patience had worn so thin it barely existed. I had been snapping at everyone lately.
It was annoying that it was not for no reason either.
Anika had been the best secretary I had ever had. No, that was an understatement.
She did so much of the work around here… literally holding this place together.
I never realized just how much she did until she was gone.
Now, everything was falling apart.
I looked up from the mess on my desk and fixed my
