Chapter 285: Battle Armour
For weeks, Emily’s little world had been as serene as she could make it. Some would have called it boring but for her it was safe and calming. Just her, the housework, her embroidery and the interactions that she had with her mother, when the older woman came home from work.
Nothing too complicated. With all of the money that Emily had saved while working at Haven Group, not having expenses such as a car and overpriced rent to pay really helped.
She could have been able to keep up that lifestyle for quite a while, but it was no way to live.
So Emily had slowly started getting back out into the world. Nothing major, just making trips out of the apartment to go out and buy something that was needed, or even going on walks. Simple things.
But like all things in the world, the little peace that she had carved out for herself could not have lasted indefinitely. But Emily wished that it at least ended in a way that did not threaten to tear apart the little bit of self-esteem that she had managed to claw back. Of all the things to finally get her fully out of the apartment and into the world proper. It just had to be an outing that would lead to her going to Haven Group.
The one place in the world, where she did not want to be, because if there was anywhere that she was most likely to run into Derek, then it was there. But unless Emily wanted to prolong things even more, then she had to go in. She had just gotten an email from Human Resources.
Apparently there was some paperwork that she needed to fill in before all of her information could be processed, and she could get what was due to her.
When she had first gotten the email, Emily would not lie. She had stalled. Not really sure how she was going to approach the situation.
The options of handling things over the phone or online existed and she could go for those.