C26 When Everything Moves at Once

SKYLAR

The coffee was already on her desk when she arrived Monday morning.

Not from the break room. Not the standard office blend that tasted like ambition and disappointment. This was from the place three blocks over — the one she'd thought about going but she never did.

The cup was warm. No note.

She stood in front of her desk and looked at it for a long moment.

Then she sat down