Diane worked all night with a pen-sized torch till the sun began to rise. She took a gamble that Mrs. Regina would arrive first and that would be her opportunity to drop off her office keys.
It still seemed too early when the sound of a car driving through the parking lot came.
Diane lazily got up to stretch her back. 'I couldn't take my meds'. The thought hit her as she moved to look out the glass.
It was Mrs. Regina who came out from the old-looking Jeep. Diane could see her walking slowly towards the main entrance.
Since the internal power hadn't been turned on, the receptionist had to unlock the door herself before pulling the lever behind her desk.
"Mrs. Regina".
Diane's voice nearly gave her a heart attack as her nose wrinkled under her glasses to scan the young lady. "It's you". She scanned the stairway Diane had emerged from. "Don't tell me you spent the night here? We don't allow that".
