And
a voice said, “I know you don’t approve,
but you’re going to need to just buck up.”
I blinked and I peered out around my monitor,
trying to see who or what was speaking. Had I imagined the voice? What I finally
said was, “Approve of what?” but what
I was thinking was, “How long have I been
sitting here? In this office? Looking at this porn? Have I always been here?”
And the voice said, “Darnell and Damien and me,” and it was my boss, Adri, who was
saying it. Right there. Tapping the heel of her shoe on the floor in that
annoying way she always did. That annoying way she always does.
What I said was, “Duh... Dar… Darnell?” but what I was thinking was, “Could I really have been looking at porn for
five whole hours?”
I was thinking, “Is that even possible?”