Chapter 99: Ending Near
The week that began the end of the fake vacation time that Derek had set for Emily began like any other. The sun rise ( which he always got to see thanks to his sleeping problems) had come from the east that morning, just like it did every other morning. Proof that the rest of the world was carrying on, unbothered by what he saw as impending doom.
After getting ready for work and heading downstairs, he had found breakfast already made, and spread out. The table filled with more food than two people could ever hope to finish. But looking at the freshly baked bread, the fruit salads, the cereals and other assortments of food, Derek had not felt the need to sit down and eat, despite the fact that he had not eaten since the day before. He had wanted to just skip it altogether, his stomach twisted up in knots, but his mother had insisted that they eat together. And seeing that he had already stressed one important lady in his life to the point that she left him, he did not want to see what stressing his mother would do.
"We rarely get to see each other any more, just an hour will not hurt. You are the CEO, you can afford to be a few minutes late," So he had pulled up a chair and sat down. If someone had asked him what he exactly he had picked to eat from all of the food, Derek would not be able to say. He had just chosen something at random and taken tiny bites of it. All the while pretending to be interested as his mother talked. The moment his plate was empty, Derek had bid her farewell and been off.
He had gone to work, expecting to just get stuck in, but the day’d had something else in store for him.
A naked woman standing in the middle of his office.
Derek had not even bothered to come in or to yell, he had simply closed the door, and gone down to HR.
Then he had stayed there, scaring all of them into working extra hard while their boss got rid of the pest in his office.
"Emily is almost back, can you at least try to find people who are not trying to jump me first thing in the morning," He had asked Padma, too tired yell, or show any outward clues of how angry he was.
That had been his Monday in a nutshell. Topped off by a sleepless night where he stared up at the ceiling and tried to cheer himself up by thinking happy thoughts.