Chapter 105. Jam Stains

Elaine waited in the queue for her turn to buy a doughnut. Reiki had offered to buy one for her but she had decided that she needed to walk away from everyone so she could spend some time thinking about her life.

Everyone at the office still walked around her on eggshells afraid that they would make one slip up and lose their jobs. Everyone except for Jean and Presley, of course. Charles still made snide remarks here and there but it was nothing like the time before she was engaged to Melvin. He seemed to have developed a weird form of respect for her.

The line moved quickly and soon she was seated outside the doughnut shop on a green wicker chair that matched the plastic table shaded by a yellow umbrella. She couldn’t see her bodyguards but she knew that Tom was in the car and Hank was hidden somewhere, dressed in plain clothes and blending with the crowds. Same with Reiki.

She’d just taken a huge bite out of the fluffy sprinkled jam filled doughnut when a feminin