Criminal Detective

Meow

As Claire dashed towards the entrance of her workplace, the door swung open and a blondie stepped half way through. Claire stepped on her brakes, just in time to avoid crashing into the lady but still covered a good distance between them.

She breathed out in relief on the lady's forehead who giggled at the soft breeze.

"You could tell that was one lucky win for you" The lady said then Claire's eyes opened and trailed her small frame.

The lady arched an eyebrow with a smile.

"You're pretty close. Any chance you have an interest in me, or...?"

"Sorry" Claire said then stepped backwards which made the lady's lip tug upward.

"It's all good. I should probably be thanking you. If you were one step behind, then..."

Claire chuckled.
"Yeah, that was close"

"It was" The lady agreed "If you don't mind me asking, is there a bomb you're trying to defuse in the office?"

Claire arched an eyebrow "What?"

"You were running pretty fast. I just assumed it was a matter of life or death" She said as she thumbed over her shoulder and towards the office entrance.

"Oh, no" Claire laughed "No. I work here"

The lady stared at Claire, a bit dumbfound before her eyes shone with realization.

"Ohhhhhh. You're the receptionist, right? I heard Sarah finally filled that spot"

Claire smiled "Yup, that's me"

"That's nice. I'm Miranda. I'm a record officer" She said then stretched her hand out to Claire who shook it firmly.

"Claire" She said and Miranda nodded with a smile.

"How's the job so far? I know you just started but Sarah can be a pain in the ass, nevertheless"

"Sarah?" Claire arched an eyebrow and Miranda smiled.

"Our boss. Her name is Sarah"

"Ohhh" She chuckled "Well, so far it's alright. I'm kinda late now though, so I don't know how that's gonna turn out"

Miranda smiled "You're still new around so I doubt you'd get chewed on. Try not to stress yourself too much with that thought though, you never know with Sarah sometimes"

A loud beep sent Claire's eyes down to Miranda's pocket who pulled out her phone and smiled.

"Welp, I have work to do, as do you. So, see you when I get back? If I'm not being killed with workload that is"

Claire chuckled "Sure, I guess"

"Alrighty. Nice meeting you, Claire" Miranda waved as she dashed away and Claire smiled as she watched her retreating figure disappear.

"Okay" Claire muttered to herself then turned to the entrance. As she strolled into the office, her coworker's eyes raised from their computers and landed on her. Some stared in confusion and others in admiration. The office wasn't a big one, But, the amount of eyes that glued themselves to Claire made the place feel a whole lot bigger.

She continued towards her section, with short waves and curt nods directed at her fellow co-workers who all responded with the same gesture. This continued until she got into her office and shut the door close. She took in a deep breath then walked to her seat with a sigh.

Claire set her bag down on the table before she walked up to Sarah's door. As she reached for the door knob she paused then stared in reluctance.

"Come on, Claire. Just tell her why you're late. She probably won't even chew on you that bad" She inhaled deeply then exhaled with her eyes shut close.