CHERYL POV
"What do you mean you went to work? You don't have a job, remember?" Gwen asked, laying thick emphasis on the last sentence.
I rubbed my forehead and pushed my glasses higher on my nose. She's really not gonna like this. I cast a backward glance towards the cafeteria and stared at Ellie and Mia seated, and waiting for me.
I exhaled sharply and clutched my phone tightly. "I went back to Heron Industries," I announced and held my breath, waiting for her reaction.
"What?" she whispered. "I thought you said you stopped working there."
Ok... she's calm, her voice is calm.
"Well," I bite my lower lip. "I went back?" I said, the statement sounding more like a rhetorical question.
"Why? I thought you were scouting for a new job."
Ugh! Don't even remind me of th
