Improving your image

You watch Kerry under the shower for a few minutes, admiring how the water bounces off her body, before you discretely exit the stall and return to the locker where you had stashed your clothes. Still invisible, you dry off and get dressed, careful not to bump into anyone on your way out. Once you're outside the gym, you activate your teleportation ring that brings you back to your office, where you make yourself visible again.

Feeling thoroughly relaxed after getting the satisfaction you've been seeking all day, you put your feet up on your desk and close your eyes for a little late morning nap. When you wake up, it's already noon. Stretching from the good nap, you feel a buzzing on your chest where your cellphone is. You rub your eyes as you pull out the phone. It's Ashley.

"Hey," you answer nonchalantly.

"Where are you? Are you coming back to the office?"

"I'm already back."

"You are? Where are you? Are you walking into City Hall?"

You hang up and clear your throat loudly. Seconds later, the door to your office opens and Ashley sticks her head in, befuddled. "When did you get here? I haven't left my desk since I got back from the school."

"It doesn't matter. What's up?" you ask.

"Nothing. I was just wondering where you were. I'm about to go get lunch. Can I pick you up something?"

"Sure. A sandwich will do."

Ashley's closing the door and about to go get you lunch, when you sit up and feel the business card in your pocket. That makes you think of something.

"Wait! Hold on," you call out to Ashley, and she pokes her head back in.

"Yes?"

"How the rest of my day look like?"

"Packed after lunch time. Budget meetings all afternoon and a photo-op at the homeless shelter."

"Dang."

"Something wrong?"

"How about tomorrow?"

"All clear. Do you want me to schedule something?"

"Yes. I was thinking about a PR campaign, to promote the good stuff that the city does."

"That's a good idea."

"I was thinking we should get some advertising agencies to come in and pitch us."

"Okay. I'll set it up for tomorrow."

"Great. Oh, and uh..." You take the business card from your pocket and hand it to Ashley. "Make sure that this advertising firm is one of them. And that person is on the team. But don't let them or her know I asked." Ashley looks at Kerry Fox's business card, both confused and curious, but she just nods and doesn't say anything before leaving. You're sure she must be wondering what you're planning, but you decide to leave her out of the loop on this one.