A Warning for Tongues Wagging

Hazel hurried away from the elevator banks and made a beeline for her department floor. But even before she reached her own desk, she could hear Richard’s muffled yells echoing through the thin drywall of the main conference room. He was furious about her unprecedented tardiness to the morning meeting, his booming voice vibrating down the long hallway.

Knowing intimately that walking in now would