C41 A Chance Encounter

"Something wrong?" Maxine interrupted her thought.

"What? ... No ... why would you ask me that?" Charlie replied.

Maxine sat back in her office chair, tapped her pen on her finger, "You seemed ... distracted ... Did something happen over the weekend?"

It was already Tuesday and she was caught daydreaming a lot since Monday.

"Oh ... nothing ... it's school project ..