Daisy exhaled nervously and placed her shaky hands over the door. She had tried as much as possible to brace herself, but all her bravado crumpled as soon as she heard the voices from behind the door.
"You can do this." Daisy encouraged herself softly.
She clutched the door knob tightly and swung the door open. Daisy immediately averted her eyes from everyone in the room. She noticed how the room fell silent and could feel their hot stares on her as soon as she walked in. She made a beeline, almost hastily to her desk and began gathering her documents. Daisy struggled to gather the papers, but her shaky and sweaty hands made the papers fall back to the table. The stares and whispers from every corner of the office were getting to her. The office suddenly felt like a small box, squeezing her, waiting for her to break.
