The Night in Question (2012)
“At the first pang her breath caught and her eyes went wide open. Then it subsided, leaving a faint pressure at the back of her neck. Joyce put her hands on either side of the keyboard and waited. From the cubicles around her she heard the steady click of other keyboards. She knew what was happening to her, knew so well that when the next wave came she felt it not as pain but as dread for what was still to come. Joyce closed down the terminal, then gathered the lab reports and put them in a folder.
She stopped in the doorway of her supervisor’s office to say that she was leaving early. Her supervisor made a sympathetic face and offered to call a cab if Joyce didn’t feel up to the drive; she could pay for it out of petty cash. “That’s what it’s there for,” she said.
“I’ll manage,” Joyce told her. She added: “You don’t have to whisper.”
Joyce did not drive home. Instead she called a taxi from the lobby of the building, as she had intended to do all along. Her supervisor might think that ...she was giving the money freely, but it wouldn’t work out that way.MoreLess
She stopped in the doorway of her supervisor’s office to say that she was leaving early. Her supervisor made a sympathetic face and offered to call a cab if Joyce didn’t feel up to the drive; she could pay for it out of petty cash. “That’s what it’s there for,” she said.
“I’ll manage,” Joyce told her. She added: “You don’t have to whisper.”
Joyce did not drive home. Instead she called a taxi from the lobby of the building, as she had intended to do all along. Her supervisor might think that ...she was giving the money freely, but it wouldn’t work out that way.MoreLess
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