Inverted Pyramids and Cinnamon Rolls - Chapter 18
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A Race Against Time (Part 2)
It wasn’t the response I had hoped for, but I truly needed to go. After mumbling a shy thank you, I ran to his car, hopped on the front seat and drove off.
I had to admit that I was quite lucky in my bad luck. Since my car hadn’t let me down too far away from the offices of The Edifice, it took me less than ten minutes to get there, find the parking that was inside of the building, realize, completely gutted, that I had forgotten all of my material inside my car which was now with Harry, remember that I didn’t have time to get bothered about it, find the lift, reach the ninth floor and run to the front desk. The last thing I perceived, before bobbing my head down to catch my breath, was a gigantic clock behind the lady behind her computer, confirming that I had made it just in time. It was like it had been waiting for me.
The girl at the front desk was polite enough to let me regain my senses at my own pace. My head was buzzing, my body was knackered but fully awake at the same time because of tremendous amount of coffee I had put into my system, and I was out of breath.
I took one last, deep breath before raising my head to the girl, who didn’t seem that much older than me.
“Hi,” I said in a petty smile. “Sorry. My name’s Rachel Brown, I’m the new intern.”