“You’re here bright and early,” Ted, one of the other staff members, said when he came upon Derek standing at the door to the training room.
Derek shrugged. “Yeah, I couldn’t sleep so I figured, what the hell.” He’d made it a point, a few minutes earlier, to go to the back door, unlock it as if he was just coming in, and punch his code in. He knew that if he didn’t, someone would ask how he got in. He had already hidden the lock picks and his phone in the staff washroom where he knew they’d be safe until he left.
“I have nights like that.” Ted chuckled. “When it happens, I get one of the girls to help me relax.”
“I’ll have to remember that,” Derek muttered.
The rest of the day progressed as normal. After lunch was over, Derek took his break, stopping first to retrieve his things from t
