Aria
Monday morning, the vast majority of the office—me, Darren and Liam, Lily, Melissa and Brandon, and even Lucas—went to the park to oversee the Puppy Playground setup.
Sarah was there too, of course, because she had to get involved in everything. But I just kept pretending that she wasn’t there, otherwise her presence might actually start to get under my skin.
To my surprise and delight, the setup seemed to be well underway by the time we arrived. The head of the event staff gave us a tour of the grounds, showing us the vendor booth layout, the signage around the park, and the playground itself.
“Wow,” Liam said as we made our way into the playground. “This looks really good.”
I couldn’t help but beam in response to that. Staff moved around with various brightly-col
