Diana
By eight o’clock, a hired minibus was already waiting outside the office building, while the employees trickled towards the meeting point one by one, lugging heavy bags and clutching their ever-present paper takeaway coffee cups.
Where the hell did they find coffee at this hour?
I automatically checked the list, counted everyone who was there, and only then allowed myself to slip my phone into my pocket.
The morning was grey and overcast, perfectly matching my mood. Heavy clouds hung low in the sky, as though even they weren’t entirely sure what awaited us ahead. The employees, on the other hand, looked perfectly content with life: chatting, joking, taking photos of the ‘start of the adventure’ for social media and arguing over who was going to get the window seats.
I cast one l
