The day moved faster than Tani anticipated.
Too fast for someone who had no business being a part of it.
She checked the time for the third time in as many minutes, fingers dusted faintly with flour she hadn’t bothered to wash off properly.
She was supposed to be heading home but the memo sat open on her phone, crisp and impersonal, bearing Luca Rhezan’s name at the bottom like a quiet command.
Mandatory attendance, for all cc’d. No explanation or justification.
Just her name, included where it didn’t belong, after all she’d already made the whole preparation.
She stood near the edge of the conference floor, close enough to be seen, far enough to pretend she wasn’t waiting. The glass walls reflected her back at herself, apron exchanged for a simple dress, hair pulled back, posture
