The silence that followed was hard to take. D had to fight her first impulse to take a step back now; do something to make her feel less guilty and make him feel better. Such as offering him to come by sometime next week; in the evening; not just to pick up his stuff but also for dinner. She could

From the moment D turned on her computer at work, it was clear that this was going to be a crazy Monday morning. It started with the computer system being down for reasons that even the IT department didn’t seem to know. And while the experts were frantically trying to fix it, everyone else was feel

They took off from Schiphol Airport with a delay of almost 90 minutes due to some technical problems. The guy in the seat next to Joe was nervously flipping through a printout of a PowerPoint presentation and scribbling notes on the pages. Joe closed his eyes trying to tune him out. He really coul

D returned home after work and a quick stop at the supermarket, feeling almost a little lightheaded. Harry had called her around noon, sounding really pleased that she was interested in transferring to London after all and saying that he still thought June and her over there would be perfect. Her

Sarah glanced up from her plate. Across the table Joe had just finished a huge piece of lasagna in no time and was leaning back in his chair smiling at her. “That was really good!” he said. “I was starving.” Sarah couldn’t help laughing. “Do you want another piece?” He thought about it for a mome