I groaned the second my phone alarm went off. It was six o'clock. I had adjusted it last night because I was feeling under the weather and planned to go to work late.
I reached for the phone beside me. I meant to just kill the alarm, but I accidentally answered a call instead. It was Ardent. I hung up immediately, but seconds later, he called right back.
"Hello?"
"Are you sick?" he asked. How did he know?
"I'm heading in. I just need a quick shower."
"Beryl, it’s already eleven," he replied. I was stunned. I looked at the wall clock and he was right. It was eleven in the morning.
"s**t!"
"Just stay in bed. You probably got a shock to your system yesterday, and that's why you’re crashing. You shouldn't be working yet."
I sank back into the pillows. I wasn't going in today. I’d try a
