One Good Deed
It was just after 4:00pm and Kate yawned. She thought one more coffee would be in order to get through this last hour, but being a troubled sleeper, she was concerned about any lingering effects of caffeine disrupting her plans for an early night. Best not, she thought. She opened the office window and put her head out, taking a few deep breaths of fresh air. Kate loved this new office her team had been assigned to since the issues with a colleague in another department earlier in the year. Big windows, plenty of natural light and best of all, away from the eyes, ears and constant gossip of the main office. Silver linings. A silver Bentley was pulling up into the car park. Kate watched closely wondering if one of the directors had purchased a new car, for this was not the usual clientele of the cheap hotel which their offices were located beneath. A man got out. He was casually dressed in jeans, a t-shirt and trainers, and Kate noted with interest, quite a good looking specimen. He was unloading a cardboard box from the back seat of the car which looked to be full of files. The man placed the box on the ground for a moment and a gym bag was also retrieved from the back seat of the car. He placed the bag on top of the box and strode into the hotel. Kate noted that something remained where the box had been. It was small and black. Perhaps a notebook. She glanced at the entrance to the hotel. The man was gone. “Kate, can you have a look at this please?” Kate’s colleague Stephanie was waving frantically from the other side of the room. “I think I’ve messed up the formatting.” Kate hurried over. Stephanie was hopeless with Excel and they had accounts review meetings due in the morning. “Move up girl,” Kate said kindly “What’s happened?”
