Chapter 39 Brielle Promotion

• She trudged to her cubicle, firing up her email with the usual lack of enthusiasm, but as the name atop the message loaded on her screen, the color drained from Lucinda's face, leaving her ashen. Around her, the complexions of her colleagues went through a spectrum of hues,
• eventually settling on a collective look of pensive dread, all eyes flickering toward the director's office door.
• Lucinda felt as if her strength had left her body. She slumped into her chair, powerless.