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3. Cold Fingers.

                                           _______
                           O Sleep, O Gentle Sleep..
                            Natures gentle nurse..
                            Have I frightened thee?
    That thou no more will weigh my eyelids down,
            And steep my senses to forgetfulness.

                                                       William Shakespeare
                              ________________

                                                ♟

They were back. She knew. She woke up sweating more than she used to or more than she was proud of. Quickly she changed into a sport bra and sweatpants with lp's Night like this playing loudly than ever on her headphones, she jogged for a straight hour before returning back home where she plooped on her bed. Her breaths we're heavy not because of the exercise she had just performed but because she hadn't had woken up sweating in a while. Just when things seem to be normal life fucks her up, she placed her fingers on her forehead to massage the migraine that just began. She groaned when someone knocked on her door increasing the constant banging in her head.

"Come in" She told whoever the fuck was at the door.

Madeline's head came through the door smiling widely.
"Morning ponytail" Madeline chirped. Is there ever a time she isn't bubbly? Desire asked herself.
Could she ever be as happy as Madeline?

"Morning Madeline"

"Yeah sooo... it's my birthday today and i would really like you to attend please?" Madeline made her famous puppy dog eyes while she begged. Desire thought about it getting drunk, it wouldn't be such a bad idea today at least she could get up with a hangover and not a nightmare.
"It's just going to be very few people promise. Think of it as my birthday party and a quiet welcoming party"

She inhaled, apart from the hangover and the party going to filled with college students the only good thing was she could tell Dr. Posey that she got invited to a party.
"Sure"

Madeline jumped happily before leaving the room. Desire had her bath hurriedly, put on her usual pantsuit with a black turtle neck today, her last shopping she only got various colours of turtle necks with pantsuits, so that's the only thing her wardrobe had in full stock. She grabbed a bottle water from the refrigerator before she heard muffled voices from Kiara's room.

"Desire isn't a nice person Maddy take it or leave it. You need to set your priorities straight"

The fact that Kiara didn't like her was quite hilarious to her.

"She's coming Kiki its my birthday don't make a scene please..."

Desire didn't wait to hear the rest before leaving.

Work today wasn't much considering it was first day. All she did was set up two huge offices one for the boss, the smaller one for the other two acquaintances. Her's was a little cubicle directly in front of the the big one, she was bothered with someone having full view of her so she piled boxes to cover the view then she smiled to her self.
Beatrice wasn't also around but she got to meet a fellow colleague, her name was Elena. Apparently she graduated from Yale and worked in the accounting department. They sat together during both their lunch break, Desire found out about there being three Bosses well technically she knew but she didn't know she all shared the same rank and were all related somehow. King Reed, hers who was landing tomorrow and Franciss Beckett.