8 - Lanees
After the buffet, Lanees fled to her office, craving to be alone to put her thoughts and emotions in order. The need to unleash the tension for keeping a standoffish expression all day overwhelmed her. Not that she believed she had remained in control all day.
The cosy rectangular laboratory represented a refuge from the turmoil within and without. With Brob on paternity leave, Lanees had the office all to herself, which gave her a better chance to vent.
Sitting at her working console, she activated it and hailed her husband. Matthew appeared on the screen, beaming at her.
It felt good to have this effect on him after all this time.
He wore an old-fashioned bow-tie—the one with a black background and little black holes drawn all over it—and a white shirt. It enhanced his st
