Chapter 6The next morning, I’m just getting settled at my desk when Melanie arrives, hauling her duffel bag.
“Morning!” I smile.
“Morning,” she replies, shifting the bag on her shoulder. “Listen, what are you doing tonight?”
“Nothing, why?”
“I have a game. Would you like to come? I can get you a comp.”
“Oh!” I smile.
“Josh is going too,” she says. “If you want, you can head over with him after work.”
I can’t help feeling slightly disappointed that I’m not the only one from the office that Melanie invited, but I wouldn’t pass this chance up, nonetheless.
“Sounds good,” I say. “I’d love to go, thank you.”
Melanie passes my desk at four o’clock with her duffel bag in tow.
“Hey,” she says. “Catch.”
She tosses me a black T-shirt. I catch it.
“What’s this for?”
“In case you, y’know,
